Bickershaw

Bickershaw
Saints James and Elizabeth, Bickershaw
Bickershaw
Bickershaw shown within Greater Manchester
Population	1,405 (2001)
OS grid reference	SD583055
District	Wigan
Shire county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wigan
Postcode district	WN2
Dialling code	01942

Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Wigan
List of places UK England Greater ManchesterCoordinates: 53°30′43″N 2°33′40″W / 53.512°N 2.561°W / 53.512; -2.561

Bickershaw is a village, effectively a suburb of Abram, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Bickershaw is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Wigan.

The Bickershaw Festival was held in 1972. Today the village is the location of HMP Hindley, a juvenile prison and Young Offenders Institution serving the Greater Manchester area. Bickershaw is also the birthplace of Lord Martin Dearnaley.