Westhoughton by munki-boy
Westhoughton
Created: 13 August 2019 Edited: 29 November 2023
Westhoughton
Shopping in Westhoughton
Gee Tees Edward Street, Westhoughton
Gee Tees supermarket
Sainsbury's Cricketers Way, Westhoughton
Sainsbury's supermarket
Sainsbury's Cricketers Way, Westhoughton
Sainsbury's supermarket
Lidl The Fairways, Dobb Brow
Lidl supermarket
Costcutter Church Street, Wingates
Costcutter supermarket
ALDI 29, Bolton Road
ALDI supermarket
Welcome 34-40, Market Street
Welcome supermarket
Local History around Westhoughton
There are some historic monuments around including:
Round cairn 280m west of Old Harpers FarmGidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington HallHeadless Cross, GrimefordNew Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley HospitalMorley's Hall moated site.Wildlife in and Around Westhoughton
Mammals found in Westhoughton
There have been 33 species of mammals recorded in the westhoughton area.
| (Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi) |
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Birds found in Westhoughton
There have been 50 species of birds recorded in the westhoughton area.
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) |
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Fish found in Westhoughton
There have been 17 species of fish recorded in the westhoughton area.
| Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) |
| Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario) |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
| Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius) |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) |
| Bream (Abramis brama) |
| Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) |
