A Son of the Rock

Apparently George Orwell said in his famous book that nobody knew where Wigan Pier actually is/was (but they seem to have found it since.)

We thought we’d missed it but on the way out of Wigan we saw a sign for Wigan Pier and stopped for a look.

It’s a pretty nondescript ex-industrial canal area.

Someone had opened a bar/restaurant by the pier and called it the Orwell. We would have had lunch there but the premises have closed down.

The Orwell (as was) – by Wigan Pier:-

The Orwell and Wigan Pier:-

The reverse angle from the other end of the building shows the “pier” to be merely a canalside jetty:-

There’s still some life on the canal. We saw these two boats and people pottering about on them:-