Roofing in Wigan

Wigan is a former textile and coal-mining town, and its housing reflects that industrial past: street after street of Victorian and Edwardian brick terraces built for the mill and pit workforce, alongside interwar and post-war semis and modern estates on the edges. Lying on the lowland between the Pennines and the coast, Wigan sees plenty of Atlantic rain, which — combined with ageing terraced roofs — keeps slate slippage, chimneys and gutters at the top of the local repair list.

Local Housing Stock

• Victorian & Edwardian terraces

  Dense brick terraces from the industrial era across the town, typically with Welsh slate roofs and shared chimney stacks.

• Interwar & post-war semis

  Bay-fronted semis and council-built estates, most re-covered over the years with concrete interlocking tiles.

• Modern estates

  Newer housing on the town’s edges with machine-made tiles and trussed roofs.