Property market
The five-year median is £366,250 from 2 recorded sales in M29 7RT. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Wigan is £195,557 in June 2026, up 6.6% year on year.
M29 7RT
Astley · Wigan · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Manchester
- Ward
- Astley
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles
- Postcode district
- M29
- Postcode sector
- M29 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M29 7RT
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1996
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M29
- Postcode sector
- M29 7
- Latitude
- 53.500075
- Longitude
- -2.457583
- British National Grid easting
- 369,744
- British National Grid northing
- 400,471
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wigan · E08000010
- Electoral ward
- Astley · E05014992
- Parish or community
- E43000164
- Westminster constituency
- Worsley and Eccles · E14001598
- Output area
- E00031679
- Lower layer super output area
- Wigan 029B · E01006251
- Middle layer super output area
- Wigan 029 · E02001315
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore M29
Property
78 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 23, Garner Drive, Astley, Manchester, M29 7RT | 29 August 2025 | £330,000 |
| 38, Garner Drive, Astley, Manchester, M29 7RT | 22 November 2024 | £402,500 |
| 3, Garner Drive, Astley, Manchester, M29 7RT | 24 June 2019 | £234,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 52
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 6
- 179 m
St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 365 m
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 724 m
St Mary's Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 86
- Postcode households
- 35
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- M29 7 residents
- 13,657
43 female, 43 male
Age bands in M29 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.1%
2,475 residents
1,296 residents
3,463 residents
3,873 residents
2,617 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider M29 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
30
within 5 km
ASTLEY GENERAL PRACTICE
391A MANCHESTER ROAD, ASTLEY, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 7BY
ODS code P92637
60 m
SIVAKUMAR & PARTNER
THE SURGERY, 1 COLDALHURST LANE, ASTLEY, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 7BS
ODS code P92020
132 m
DR VARDHAN'S SURGERY
10 HIGHER GREEN LANE, ASTLEY, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 7HG
ODS code P92646
647 m
ELLIOTT STREET SURGERY
145 ELLIOTT STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8FL
ODS code P92028
1.7 km
THE SURGERY, TYLDESLEY
THE SURGERY, HIGH STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AL
ODS code P92033
1.8 km
POPLAR STREET SURGERY
TYLDESLEY HEALTH CENTRE, POPLAR STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AX
ODS code Y02321
2.0 km
BOOTHSTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
PARR BRIDGE H&W CENTRE, PARR BRIDGE RETAIL PARK, MOSLEY COMMON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M29 8RZ
ODS code P92605
2.1 km
ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 LEIGH ROAD, WORSLEY, BOOTHSTOWN, MANCHESTER, M28 1LZ
ODS code P87627
2.5 km
ELLENBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
14 MORSTON CLOSE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 1PB
ODS code P87624
3.2 km
DR KK CHAN & PARTNERS
SEVEN BROOKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 CHURCH STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9DE
ODS code P92042
3.4 km
BROOKMILL MEDICAL CENTRE
COLLEGE STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2RB
ODS code P92023
3.5 km
GRASMERE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92607
3.6 km
THE AVENUE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92615
3.6 km
BEE FOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
25 BEE FOLD LANE, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0BD
ODS code P92633
3.7 km
FOXLEIGH FAMILY SURGERY
HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code P92602
3.7 km
LEIGH FAMILY PRACTICE
BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code Y02322
3.7 km
LILFORD & PENNINGTON PARK SURGERY
THE BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code Y00050
3.7 km
OLD HENRY STREET MED CTR
OLD HENRY STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PG
ODS code P92007
3.7 km
PREMIER HEALTH TEAM
BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code P92621
3.7 km
CHERRY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87630
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Manchester Road
BCT · Blackmoor
- 0.1 miles
Miners Arms
BCT · Blackmoor
- 0.1 miles
Manchester Road
BCT · Blackmoor
- 0.1 miles
Miners Arms
BCT · Blackmoor
- 0.2 miles
Windsor Avenue
BCT · Blackmoor
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 029B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
7 of 10
Overall England rank
23,185 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 2
- Medium risk addresses
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 2
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
52 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Stephen's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 179 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.