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Bickershaw
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.
Category:Villages in Greater Manchester