Gathurst

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{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = Gathurst

| coordinates = {{coord|53.559|-2.697|display=inline,title}}

| static_image_name = Gathurst Station Inn public house (geograph 4531554).jpg

| static_image_caption = The Gathurst Station Inn public house, Gathurst

| population =

| population_ref =

| metropolitan_borough = Wigan

| metropolitan_county = Greater Manchester

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Wigan

| post_town = WIGAN

| postcode_district = WN6

| postcode_area = WN

| dial_code = 01257

| os_grid_reference = SD538071

| london_distance =

}}

Gathurst ({{IPAc-en|g|æ|θ|ɜ:|s|t}}, locally {{IPAc-en|g|æ|θ|ʊ|s|t}}{{cite web | url=https://www.wigantoday.net/business/northern-rail-re-records-wigan-station-name-to-match-local-pronunciation-4269128 | title=Northern Rail re-records Wigan station name to match local pronunciation | date=27 August 2023 }}) is the name given to a small section of the township of Shevington, a Civil Parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp199-203]British History Online / Lancashire. It was historically a part of Lancashire.[http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lancs09302.htm "Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Lancashire"] The village is served by a railway station Gathurst railway station which is located on the Manchester-Southport line and managed by Northern. The station also serves the nearby village of Shevington.