Leigh Netherlands v Portugal 13/07/2022, Leigh & Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK

. Recorded at Turnpike Centre, Civic Square, Market Street , Leigh, England, UK, WN7 1EB in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The image documents Leigh Netherlands v Portugal 13/07/2022, Leigh & Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Other connected aspects include summer city life, community life, visual archive, everyday life, social history, contemporary social history, urban gathering place, archival record, local character, everyday street life, urban leisure, interactive public realm, contemporary city life, and pedestrian environment. The wider contemporary story combines inclusive design, family access and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with street safety, footfall and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The image fixes signage and branding within Turnpike Centre, Civic Square, Market Street , Leigh, England, UK, WN7 1EB at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with open-air leisure, urban change, changing land use, social landscape, local history, pedestrian square, local identity, and place identity. The recorded references to Portugal, Wigan, Manchester, Netherlands, and Greater preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Turnpike Centre, Civic Square, Market Street , Leigh, England, UK, WN7 1EB may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is inclusive design and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors without losing the local specificity of Turnpike Centre, Civic Square, Market Street , Leigh, England, UK, WN7 1EB.