Pennington Flash

Walking photo by Arek Adeoye on Unsplash

Walk for wellbeing: Join us at Pennington Flash

A flashback to last year's Memory Walk at Pennington Park

Bid to break fund-raising record with latest Memory Walk

One of the many puppet animals that make up the international animal performance called The Herds

Life-sized wild animal puppets to appear in borough

Wigan Council’s Be Well services organise wellbeing sessions that cater to all fitness levels and abilities

Health column: Focus on the great outdoors this spring

A walk in one of the borough's greenspaces such as Mesnes Park has health benefits

Health column: Keeping well during the winter months

Pennington Flash from where a woman was rescued today (December 29)

Woman rescued from Pennington Flash

21 pictures of Pennington Flash from over the decades

Staff from Pennington Flash, The Hide Coffee House and SPG Events North West at Pennington Flash

First Christmas artisan market at beauty spot is cancelled

Staff from Pennington Flash, The Hide Coffee House and SPG Events North West at Pennington Flash

Beauty spot hosts first-ever artisan market

Haigh Woodland parkrun

Extra parkruns to be held over festive season

Jane Burton died on Tuesday

Sons pay tribute after death of 'beautiful mum' at Pennington Flash

Jane

Appeal to find missing woman

St Helens Road in Leigh

Cycle path work begins on major borough route

From left to right: Jorge Solis (Wigan Council), Chris Rimmer (Howe Bridge Leisure Centre), Cllr Chris Ready (Portfolio Holder for Communities at Wigan Council, Katherine Spragg (Embrace Wigan and Leigh), James Winterbottom (Director of Strategy and Innovation at Wigan Council).

Three new Changing Places open

Health column: embrace the Summer of Sport by moving more

Family fun at A Day to Celebrate Every Child's Right to Play, a free event of fun, games, arts, crafts, entertainment and more at Pennington Flash Nature Reserve, Leigh.

In pictures: more than 3,000 families enjoy fun activities to mark Playday
Woodland den building, archery, and arts and crafts were among the free activities on offer as thousands of families celebrated Playday 2024.
Michelle Adamson and Gaynor Clarke

Bryonie Shaw, Kim Beardsmore and Bernardette Ashcroft reach Leigh to complete their sponsored dog walk last year

Charity holds sponsored walk across the borough

Runners taking part in a previous Pennington Flash parkrun

Man who went into cardiac arrest thanks fellow runners for saving his life

Pennington Flash in Wigan. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

Medical emergency halts popular Wigan parkrun event

Ironman competitors heading through Standish in 2017

Details of Sunday road closures in the borough for new triathlon

Pennington Flash nature reserve

Climate column: Our Land, Our Future

Mike Fearon, construction manager, and Neill Wood, managing director of GM Property Management.

New Leigh industrial units combine heritage, innovation, and sustainability

Big Wigan Walk Week returns in May

Get outdoors as popular walking festival returns

Pennington Flash

Celebration of nature returns to popular outdoor space

Pennington Flash is rich in wildlife

Aerial views of Pennington Flash and marina

Fun at the Race for Life event at Pennington Flash in 2021, the last time it took place

Music and stage ban lead to cancellation of charity event

Warming up for one of Cancer Research UK's Race for Life events

Trio of Race for Life events in borough as charity returns to beauty spot
Wigan fund-raisers are being urged to pull on their trainers and help to save lives by taking part in a charity’s popular events.
Gaynor Clarke

GRAPHIC IMAGE of dead otter found off Slag Lane, Leigh

The stretch of road that's a dumping ground for litterers and fly-tippers

Hundreds of people take part in Haigh Woodland parkrun on New Year's Day

Festive boost for runners and walkers with two extra parkruns

RETRO: decades of Pennington Flash memories from our picture archive

Emergency service personnel at a petrol station ear to where the bomb was found

Controlled explosion after detectorist finds unexploded bomb

Cannabis farms are not uncommon in Wigan

LUKE MARSDEN: time to take a zero tolerance attitude to drugs

From left to right- Oscar Lorraine from developers Proludic Ltd, Deputy Leader Cllr Keith Cunliffe, Mayor of Wigan borough Coun Kevin Anderson, Mayoress Samantha Lloyd, David Shallcross of Leigh Ornithological Society and Dr Mark Champion of Lancashire Wildlife Trust with local children at the new Pennington Flash adventure playground

New adventure playground opens at nature reserve

Flashes Festival of Nature promotional graphic

Nature lovers invited to family-friendly fun day

Pennington Flash

Literature festival's poetry audio trail goes around borough beauty spot

The carers roadshow at Mesnes Park

Hitting the road to provide information and support for Wigan's carers

The first of the flag ship walks to signal the start of The Big Wigan Walk Week took part in Pennington Flash

The launch of Big Wigan Walk Week

Wigan’s Greenheart is inspiring art

Art and nature combine to boost wildlife and forge stronger communities

Last year's Race for Life at Haigh Woodland Park

Countdown is on as Cancer Research UK's Race for Life returns to Wigan

An aerial view of the canal and Pennington Flash at Leigh

Magnificent aerial view of beauty spot shows that spring is finally here

From left to right: Wigan Council's director of strategy and innovation James Winterbottom, Oscar Lorraine of Produlic Ltd, Deputy Leader Coun Keith Cunliffe, and Stuart Holden of Wigan Council's Be Well leisure service

Work begins on new adventure playground

GALLERY: Look inside Wigan borough's newest cafe The Hide

Wigan Council is keen to get more residents out of cars and onto two wheels or feet

Residents to have say on latest plans to boost cycling and walking links

Race for Life raises money for research into cancer treatments

Time to get moving as Cancer Research UK's Race for Life returns to Wigan

Coun David Molyneux

‘Exciting projects’ in Wigan in 2023 to follow up ‘a brilliant 12 months’

Snow and ice has not yet melted at Haigh Woodland Park

Snow and ice lead to second cancellation of parkruns

Haigh Woodland parkrun

An extra chance to run or walk at borough's parkruns on New Year's Day

Erin and Ruby Cunliffe and their friend Lexi Smith have made a large donation to The Brick

Pageant girls make generous donation to food charity

Work at Pennington Flash

Development at Pennington Flash nears completion

Firefighters tackled the blaze which spread to the temporary toilets

Firefighters tackle blaze at Wigan borough beauty spot

A bird's eye view of how the new play area will look

Have your say on new play area at Wigan borough beauty spot

Drawings of what the proposed new visitors centre could look like at Pennington Flash in Leigh

Controversial plan for alcohol licence at Pennington Flash gets green light

Drawings of what the proposed new visitors centre could look like at Pennington Flash in Leigh

Park plans for concerts and late night alcohol sales scaled back after backlash

Pennington Flash has a wide range of wildlife

Objectors fear for wildlife if large events are held at Wigan borough country pa...

Pennington Flash proposals.

Plans for new play area at Wigan borough country park

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