Higher Folds is a housing estate to the north-east of Leigh, in the Wigan district of Greater Manchester, England.

[2] Higher Folds did have a church dedicated to St Gabriel, which was demolished and Richmond Park was built on the land.

[3][4] Another church located near the new development state called Walmsley Park, it was demolished in 1978 and what remains is a handrail and stones that lead to Walmsley[5] Higherfolds was a small croft that consisted of farm lands and small industries that were located near Bedford village in the 1800s.

This is the only croft under the "folds" naming convention in Bedford that remains.

[7] In 2001 Higher Folds had the highest number of divorced people in England,[8] in 2005 it ranked within the 8% most disadvantaged Super Output Areas in England.