The Municipal Borough of Leigh was, from 1899 to 1974, a local government district of the administrative county of Lancashire, England,[1] consisting of the townships of Pennington, Westleigh, Bedford and part of the township of Atherton and named after the ancient ecclesiastical parish.

The area contained the market town of Leigh that served as its administrative centre until its dissolution in 1974.

The borough council built Leigh Town Hall which was completed in 1907.

In 1875 Leigh Local Board of Health was formed comprising the areas Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, members of the Leigh Poor Law Union.

[2][3] It was created an urban district in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894 and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1899.