They are the borough’s grottiest landmarks, some of which have blotted the landscape for many years, others which get uglier by the month and a few that are set to become a whole lot better looking in 2024.
9. Aerial view of the Pagefield Building in Wigan taken by reader Brian King's drone camera
The once spectacular Pagefield/Rylance cotton mill has been a sight for sore eyes for years now. No sooner had Wigan and Leigh College stopped using it as an annexe, it became a magnet for intruders, thrill-seekers, vandals and arsonists, placing a huge burdern on our emergency services. New efforts are currently being made to secure it but Wigan seems no closer in seeing the overseas owner of the landmark bringing it back to proper life Photo: submit
10. WIGAN - 14-06-22 The Famous Pagefield pub, on junction of Gidlow Lane and Park Road, Wigan. Old, grotty buildings in the Wigan borough.
After the Pagefield building we now have the Famous Pagefield pub, on junction of Gidlow Lane and Park Road, Gidlow. It is so sad that buildings of such great beauty can fall until such disrepair. Plans for flats there have been submitted before now but have failed to get off the ground Photo: Michelle Adamson
11. WIGAN - 20-12-23 Buildings on Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield. Rockleigh Hotel
So many of Wigan's eyesores are relics of the hospitality industry, but at least the Rockleigh Hotel on Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, looks set to be taken off the grot spot list. Only a few weeks ago was Jigsaw Homes given the green light by the council to demolish the premises and create affordable housing for local residents. Locals will be hoping for swift progress Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson
12. WIGAN - 13-06-22 Old, dilapidated, grotty buildings in the Wigan borough - Former pub, The Dover Lock Inn, Warrington Road, Abram - recently has been set on fire twice.
Another canalside hospitality venue that didn't make it: the old Dover Lock Inn on Warrington Road, Abram, is in a terrible state, not helped by several fires to have broken out there Photo: Michelle Adamson