Bickershaw

Not to be confused with Birkenshaw.

Bickershaw is a village, effectively a suburb of Abram, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.^[1] Historically in Lancashire, Bickershaw is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Wigan.

Bickershaw
Saints James and Elizabeth, Bickershaw
Bickershaw Location within Greater Manchester
Population	1,405 (2001)
OS grid reference	SD583055
Metropolitan borough	Wigan
Metropolitan 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
UK Parliament	Wigan
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53.512°N 2.561°W / 53.512; -2.561

The Bickershaw Festival was held here in 1972. Today the village is the location of the main entrance/access road to HMP Hindley, a juvenile prison and Young Offenders Institution mainly serving the Northwest UK, although the main building, HMP Hindley, is situated in neighbouring Hindley.

Bickershaw is the birthplace of Lord Martin Dearnaley.