Here are a few pictures from our archive of past winters where ice and frost have changed the landscape.
1. Jack Cooke, six, and his mum Sarah, from Pemberton, on a temporary ice rink in Market Place, Wigan
. Photo: Nick Fairhurst
2. Thomas Bramwell from Darlington Street next to a frozen stretch of Wigan canal in 1997
. Photo: JOHN LEATHERBARROW
3. Wigan Rugby League forward, Danny Campbell, and volunteers help to cover the Central Park pitch to protect it from snow and frost on a cold January day in 1985
. Photo: STAFF
4. A frozen canal at Wigan Pier
. Photo: submit