{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Gathurst | coordinates = {{coord|53.559|-2.697|display=inline,title}} | static_image_name = Gathurst Station Inn public house (geograph 4531554).jpg | static_image_caption = The ''Gathurst Station Inn'' public house, Gathurst | population = | population_ref = | metropolitan_borough = Wigan | metropolitan_county = Greater Manchester | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = Wigan | post_town = WIGAN | postcode_district = WN6 | postcode_area = WN | dial_code = 01257 | os_grid_reference = SD538071 | london_distance = }}
'''Gathurst''' ({{IPAc-en|g|æ|θ|ɜ:|s|t}}, locally {{IPAc-en|g|æ|θ|ʊ|s|t}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wigantoday.net/business/northern-rail-re-records-wigan-station-name-to-match-local-pronunciation-4269128 | title=Northern Rail re-records Wigan station name to match local pronunciation | date=27 August 2023 }}</ref>) is the name given to a small section of the township of Shevington, a Civil Parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp199-203]''British History Online / Lancashire''.</ref> It was historically a part of Lancashire.<ref>[http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lancs09302.htm "Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Lancashire"]</ref> The village is served by a railway station Gathurst railway station which is located on the Manchester-Southport line and managed by Northern. The station also serves the nearby village of Shevington.
== Transport == * Gathurst railway station
==See also== {{portal|Greater Manchester}} *Listed buildings in Shevington
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==External links== {{Commons category|Gathurst}} * [http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/number1030.asp Gathurst Railway Station] - (photo, circa 1950)
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Category:Villages in Greater Manchester Category:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan