WN1 2XL

Aspull, New Springs & Whelley · Wigan · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wigan
Local authority
Wigan
Constituency
Wigan
Postcode district
WN1
Postcode sector
WN1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR7 4BS 26 m
PR7 4BN 267 m
PR7 4BL 364 m
WN1 2XA 727 m
PR7 4DS 769 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN1 2XL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN1
Postcode sector
WN1 2
Latitude
53.607211
Longitude
-2.632197
British National Grid easting
358,267
British National Grid northing
412,479

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wigan · E08000010
Parish or community
E04000015
Westminster constituency
Wigan · E14001585
Output area
E00168459
Lower layer super output area
Wigan 004B · E01006232
Middle layer super output area
Wigan 004 · E02001290

Postcode source versions

Explore WN1

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Millbridge Cottage, Chorley Road, Standish, Wigan, WN1 2XL 8 December 2000 £185,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
26
Secondary
5
  1. Adlington Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km
  2. Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.3 km
  3. Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
72
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 34
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Burglary 4
  • Other crime 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
WN1 2 residents
9,539

Age bands in WN1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

1,371 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

934 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

2,412 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

2,696 residents

Age 65 and over
20.9%

1,964 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WN1 2 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • GRANVILLE HOUSE MED CTRE

    GRANVILLE STREET, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9PY

    ODS code P81154

    2.4 km

  • COPPULL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 ACRESWOOD CLOSE, COPPULL, CHORLEY, PR7 5EN

    ODS code P81033

    2.4 km

  • ADLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    22-24 BABYLON LANE, ANDERTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9NW

    ODS code P81740

    2.7 km

  • STANDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    49 HIGH STREET, STANDISH, WIGAN, WN6 0HD

    ODS code P92014

    3.1 km

  • REGENT HOUSE SURGERY

    21 REGENT ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2DH

    ODS code P81062

    4.8 km

  • LIBRARY HOUSE SURGERY

    AVONDALE ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2AD

    ODS code P81044

    4.8 km

  • THE CHORLEY SURGERY

    24-26 GILLIBRAND STREET, CHORLEY, PR7 2EJ

    ODS code P81038

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Castle Drive

    BCT · Adlington

    0.6 miles
  • Old School Lane

    BCT · Adlington

    0.7 miles
  • Windsor Avenue

    BCT · Adlington

    0.8 miles
  • Platt Lane

    BCT · Standish

    0.8 miles
  • Platt Lane

    BCT · Standish

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 004B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,471 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

37 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 5 secondary schools. Adlington Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

72 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 34 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.