Township Forums are the local element of Wigan Borough Partnership and contribute to the delivery of the Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement
Standish Aspull Shevington is the most northerly of Wigan’s Townships and at over 39 square kilometres is also by far the largest. However, due to the large rural areas around Haigh Country Park and Standish Park, it has the lowest population density of any of the Townships. It contains the electoral Wards of Standish with Langtree, Aspull, New Springs Whelley and Shevington with Lower Ground and its main population centres are around the towns of Aspull, Standish and Shevington. It is bordered by the town of Chorley to the north, which is part of Lancashire County Council, and also by Westhougton to the northeast, part of the borough of Bolton. The town of Standish contains St Wilfred’s Church, the only Grade I listed building in the Wigan borough. Shevington has its own parish council. The Leeds Liverpool canal passes through the eastern corner of the Township.
Standish Aspull Shevington Health Profile
Health Profile of Standish, Aspull and Shevington (.pdf, 180kb).
Standish Aspull Shevington Area Profile
To see how Standish Aspull Shevington compares to the other nine Townships, see the Township Key Indicator Index (.pdf, 26kb), which ranks all ten Townships according to a range of key indicators. Standish Aspull Shevington's specific performance can be seen in more depth from the Township Key Indicator Spine Chart (.pdf, 9kb). Standish Aspull Shevington's Key Indicator Profile Report (external link) contains the actual figures for each of the Key Indicators contained in the Index and Spine Chart.
Place Survey
The Place Survey is a bi-anuual national survey undertaken by every local authority in the country. It asks residents about many different issues including how they feel about their local area, the services they receive and about local issues such as anti-social behaviour, litter and transport. A Place Survey Presentation (.pdf, 38kb) highlighting local findings has been created for each of Wigan's ten Townships.
WISDOM
For more statistics and information on this and other Townships, WISDOM (Wigan's Information System of Dynamic Online Maps) provides you with easy access to local statistics and intelligence about each of the 10 Townships in the borough, as well as other geographies.
