Local Landmarks
The former Snydle water tower, built by Westhoughton Council in 1914, is now converted to a private dwelling that is visible from the M61 motorway.
A memorial, in the Ditchfield Gardens in Market Street, to the miners killed in the 1910 Pretoria Pit Disaster, was unveiled in 2010.
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