The Leigh Journal (or, to give it its full title, the Leigh, Tyldesley and Atherton Journal) is a weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper delivered to homes in the town of Leigh (formerly in south Lancashire, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester) and the nearby towns and villages, including Hindley, Golborne and Culcheth as well as Tyldesley and Atherton. It was founded in 1873 as the Tyldesley Weekly Journal, Leigh and Atherton News