Hindsford is a suburb of Atherton in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

[2] The colliery had access to a dozen seams including the Arley mine at 1,832 feet, it closed in 1966.

One was John Holland of the Tyldesley Coal Company who provided the materials to build Sacred Heart Church on land donated by Lord Lilford.

The church was consecrated by Bishop Goss of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in 1869.

Hindsford became an independent parish in 1884 and in 1889 the foundation stone for St Anne's Church was laid.