Hindley Green

Since 1852 Hindley Green has had 14 coal pits.{{cite web|title= Hindley Green Residents Association – "Old Facts"|url= http://hgra.web.officelive.com/oldfacts.aspx|publisher= Hindley Green Residents Association|accessdate= 31 March 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110523204606/http://hgra.web.officelive.com/oldfacts.aspx|archive-date= 23 May 2011|url-status= dead}} Hindley Green railway station was opened in 1864 and closed in 1961.{{cite web|title= Some Changes on Hindley Green|url= http://www.churchofsaintjohn.com/index.php?navID=25|publisher= Church of Saint John|accessdate= 31 March 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100103130108/http://www.churchofsaintjohn.com/index.php?navID=25|archive-date= 3 January 2010|url-status= dead}} It was situated on Leigh Road.

Hindley Green was also the site of a Turner Brothers Asbestos factory which opened in 1949.{{cite web|title= Chronology of Company Development from 1920 to 1972|url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Turner_and_Newall|publisher= Graces Guide |accessdate=31 March 2011}} Asbestos caused many chronic industrial diseases leading to payouts for those affected.{{cite web|title= Asbestos payouts secured|url = http://www.wigantoday.net/news/asbestos_payouts_secured_1_196074|publisher= Wigan Today |accessdate=31 March 2011}}

Hindley Green forms one of the twenty-five wards of the metropolitan borough. Each ward returns three councillors to the seventy-five member Wigan Council. Councillors have a four-year term of office, with elections held in three years out of four. Of the three ward councillors there are two Labour James Palmer & John Vickers and one independent.{{cite web|url=https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Voting-and-Elections/Election-results.aspx|title=Councillor Details|work=Wigan Council|publisher=Wigan Council|accessdate=21 April 2018|df=dmy-all}} The council is controlled by the Labour Party which enjoys a large majority.{{cite web |url=http://kinnear.wigan.gov.uk/electionResults/Summary010508.htm |title=Local Election Results - Summary of Seats |year=2008 |publisher=Wigan Council |accessdate=21 November 2009}}

The area forms part of the Wigan Division of the Greater Manchester Police. Hindley Green is one of five communities (the others being Abram, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bryn and Hindley) served by the Hindley Neighbourhood Policing Team, based at Bamfurlong Police Station.{{cite web |url=http://www.gmp.police.uk/live/nhoodv3.nsf/index-community.html?ReadForm&Division=Wigan&Area=Hindley&Community=Hindley_Green |title=Your Neighbourhood Area Policing Team |publisher=Greater Manchester Police Wigan Division |accessdate=21 November 2009}}

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There are three primary schools in the area: Hindley Green Community Primary School,{{citation|url=http://www.hindleygreen.wigan.sch.uk/|title=Hindley Green Primary|publisher=wigan.sch.uk|accessdate=2009-11-23}} St John's Church of England Primary School{{citation|url=http://www.hindleygreensaintjohns.wigan.sch.uk/|title=Hindley Green St John's Primary|publisher=wigan.sch.uk |accessdate=2009-11-23}} and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School.{{citation|url=http://www.sacredheart.wigan.sch.uk/|title=Sacred Heart Primary |publisher=wigan.sch.uk |accessdate=2009-11-23}}

Hindley Green is served well by a number of church-run clubs including scouts, guides, rangers, boys’ brigade, slimming world and various fitness groups.

There is also a thriving football club,{{cite web|title= Hindley Green Football Club |url = http://www.hindleygreenfc.co.uk |publisher=Hindley Green FC |accessdate=11 November 2015}} as well as a couple of local shops, a post office, a restaurant, a couple of takeaways and a couple of public houses.

It's also the site of an award-winning creative design studio ([https://www.nwdesign.co NW Design]) which is supported by entrepreneur and ex-Dragons' Den star Theo Paphitis.

Hindley Green has four churches:

• St.John the Evangelist Church of England. The church was established in 1903, the area having previously formed part of the parish of Hindley.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41388 |title=Townships: Hindley |author=William Farrer & J. Brownbill (editors) |year=1911 |work=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 |accessdate=21 November 2009}}
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Hindley Green, founded in 1932.{{cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Hindley/SacredHeartofJesus.shtml |title=Sacred Heart of Jesus, Hindley Green - Roman Catholic |author=Phil Stringer |date=12 May 2009 |work=Lancashire Genealogy |publisher=GENUKI |accessdate=21 November 2009}} Father Gordon was the priest from the 70s to the millennium.
• Hindley Green Methodist Church, originally known as the Brunswick Chapel, was opened in 1855.{{cite web |url=http://hgra.web.officelive.com/churchesandschools.aspx |title=Churches |year=2008 |publisher=Hindley Green Residents Association |accessdate=21 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220091132/http://hgra.web.officelive.com/churchesandschools.aspx |archive-date=20 February 2010 |url-status=dead }}
• Hindley Green Family Church which meets at the Bethel community centre.{{cite web |url=http://www.hgfchurch.org/ |title=Welcome to Hindley Green Family Church |publisher=Hindley Green Family Church |accessdate=21 November 2009}}

In March 2011, Wigan borough council granted permission to build the UK's first zero-energy business park{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}. The £2.7 million scheme created around {{convert|21000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of office space at Swan Lane, Hindley Green Industrial Estate. The tenants are not required to pay gas, electric or water costs because of the zero carbon technologies used such as wind turbines and rainwater collection.{{cite web|title=Go-ahead for Zero Energy Business Park in Wigan|url=http://officebroker.com/blog/2011/03/03/Go-ahead+for+Zero+Energy+Business+Park+in+Wigan_FTOC03032011549612/|accessdate=4 March 2011}}

• List of mining disasters in Lancashire

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Category:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan