Ashton-in-Makerfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Wigan. As of the 2021 census, there was a population of 26,380.
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Historically part of Lancashire, Ashton-in-Makerfield was a township in the parish of Newton-in-Makerfield (as Newton-le-Willows was once known), Winwick and hundred of West Derby. With neighbouring Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield was a chapelry, but the two were split in 1845. The place has long been a centre for the manufacture of locks and hinges, and it also sits on the Lancashire Coalfield, and was a coal mining district.
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Towns around Ashton in Makerfield
- Haydock2.8 km SW
- Golborne3.6 km E
- Newton-le-Willows5.0 km SE
- St Helens6.6 km SW
- Wigan6.7 km N
- Hindley7.1 km NE
- Leigh8.7 km E
- Great Sankey10 km S
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