Wigan (disambiguation)

Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England.

Wigan may also refer to:

Places

 * Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England
 * Wigan (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
 * Wigan Urban Area, an urbanised area containing Wigan in Greater Manchester and Skelmersdale in West Lancashire
 * Wigan Rural District, a rural district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974
 * County Borough of Wigan, a local government district from 1889 to 1974 centred on Wigan in the northwest of England

People

 * Wigan (surname)
 * William Wigan Harvey (1810–1883), English cleric and academic

Sport

 * Wigan Warriors (previously known simply as Wigan), a rugby league football club
 * Wigan Athletic F.C., an association football club
 * Wigan R.U.F.C., a rugby union club
 * Wigan St Patricks, an amateur rugby league club often used as a feeder team for the Wigan Warriors
 * Wigan St Judes, an amateur rugby league club also used as a feeder team for the Wigan Warriors
 * Wigan United A.F.C., a former association football club active in the 1890s
 * Wigan County F.C, a former association football club active from 1897 to 1900
 * Wigan Town A.F.C., a former association football club active from 1905 to 1908
 * Wigan Borough F.C., a former association football club active from 1919 to 1931
 * Wigan Robin Park F.C., a former association football club active from 2005 to 2015

Other uses

 * A fabric called wigan (fabric) made by coating cotton cloth with latex rubber to make it waterproof
 * According to Ifugao mythology, Wigan is the god of good harvest