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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
I know I keep banging on about this, but quite often I go into Leigh for my daily brew and a spot of shopping with Mrs H. It's a similar-sized post-industrial town and like Accy, is sandwiched between two bigger towns - Wigan and Bolton.....
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According to wikipedia Leigh has a population of 43,000 and Accrington has a population of 35,000 which makes Accrington just over 3/4 the population of Leigh.
Darwen has a population of 31,500 so is closer to Accrington in size, what's it's market and shopping centre like?
Bury is often mentioned as having a good market/shopping centre with a population of almost 61,000.
It's not just the number though, you have to look at the spending power of those people. That is what the retailers look at when they decide if they want to move into or leave Accrington
Chorley is smaller than Accrington by about 3,000 but I suspect will have more spending power