Coordinates: 53°35′49″N 2°41′47″W / 53.59694°N 2.69639°W / 53.59694; -2.69639

Hunger Hill, Lancashire

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Hunger Hill
File:Hunger Hill, Wrightington - geograph.org.uk - 23722.jpg
Sign at Hunger Hill
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGAN
Postcode districtWN6
Dialling code01257
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
53°35′49″N 2°41′47″W / 53.59694°N 2.69639°W / 53.59694; -2.69639

Hunger Hill is a small village three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) from the centre of Wrightington, in West Lancashire, England. It is described as a rural settlement.[1] It gets its name from the Second English Civil War when royalist soldiers stopped in the village for supplies.[citation needed]

References

  1. "Local Development Framework Green Belt Study 2011" (PDF). West Lancishire Council.