Platt Bridge Wigan The Good The Bad And The Ugly Part 1

A walk around Platt Bridge In the daytime. The first mention of Platt Bridge in documents occurs in 1599. The name comes from "plat" or "platte" meaning a foot-bridge. Two railways pass through Platt Bridge; one, the West Coast Main Line, the other a disused industrial line. Platt Bridge had a railway station on the Manchester and Wigan Railway line that closed in 1969. #platt bridge #wigan