Pennington, Greater Manchester

Pennington
Christ Church
Pennington Location within Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Wigan
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEIGH
Postcode district	WN7
Dialling code	01942
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°29′38″N 2°29′59″W / 53.4940°N 2.4998°W / 53.4940; -2.4998

Pennington, a suburb of Leigh, in the Wigan district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It was one of six townships in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Leigh,^[1] that with Westleigh and Bedford merged to form the town of Leigh in 1875. The township of Pennington covered most of Leigh's town centre.