Eston View

Great commuter links

Eston View is ideally situated for travel throughout the north west, with Liverpool and Manchester both within around 40 minutes’ drive. Trains between Wigan and Liverpool call at Bryn Station, ten minutes’ walk from the development, reaching Wigan North Western Station in just six minutes, St Helens Central in ten, and Lime Street in 40 minutes. There are also some direct services to Preston and Blackpool. Buses to Wigan and Leigh, via Ashton-in-Makerfield, running approximately every fifteen minutes, stop nearby.

Everything on your doorstep

The small shopping precinct in Bryn, five minutes’ walk away, includes a pharmacy, a butcher, food takeaways and a large convenience store, open from 6am to 11pm, that incorporates a Post Office. A wider selection can be found in Ashton-in-Makerfield’s traditional high street area, less than a mile and a half away, where assorted local traders and services are interspersed with pubs, cafés, and restaurants. There is an Aldi supermarket, and a retail park with larger stores just off the main street. Wigan’s picturesque pedestrianised town centre, with its comprehensive choice of high street names, is just four miles away. Leisure amenities within around 20 minutes’ walk include Ashton Leisure Centre, with a gym, swimming pools and sports facilities, a Lions Den fitness centre, and a trampoline park with a climbing wall and soft play area. To the east, the Three Sisters karting track sits alongside a nature reserve, an adventure playground and a boating lake.

Schools near Eston View

Landgate Primary, a few minutes’ walk away, is assessed as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, and there are C of E and RC primary schools within walking distance. One of the two high schools in Ashton-inMakerfield, Byrchall High School, is included in the first phase of the government’s schools rebuilding programme.