Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 7 secondary schools. Wigan and Leigh College is the nearest published school at 281 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WN3 4DX
Wigan Central · Wigan · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Wigan Central
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan
- Postcode district
- WN3
- Postcode sector
- WN3 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WN3 4DX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1993
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- WN
- Postcode district
- WN3
- Postcode sector
- WN3 4
- Latitude
- 53.544464
- Longitude
- -2.635292
- British National Grid easting
- 358,000
- British National Grid northing
- 405,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wigan · E08000010
- Electoral ward
- Wigan Central · E05015010
- Parish or community
- E43000164
- Westminster constituency
- Wigan · E14001585
- Output area
- E00032310
- Lower layer super output area
- Wigan 008C · E01006369
- Middle layer super output area
- Wigan 008 · E02001294
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 WN3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 66
- Primary
- 45
- Secondary
- 7
- 281 m
Wigan and Leigh College
Further education
- 346 m
TMP College
Special post 16 institution
- 391 m
The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 17
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 15
- Other crime 1
- Criminal damage and arson 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WN3 4 residents
- 6,068
Age bands in WN3 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.6%
1,142 residents
758 residents
1,743 residents
1,411 residents
728 residents
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.
GP practices
26
within 5 km straight-line
MESNES VIEW SURGERY
93 MESNES STREET, WIGAN, WN1 1ST
ODS code P92634
723 m
DR SEABROOK
1 WRIGHTINGTON STREET, WIGAN, WN1 2AZ
ODS code P92030
799 m
THE DICCONSON GROUP PRACTICE
FROG LANE, WIGAN, WN6 7LB
ODS code P92003
847 m
SULLIVAN WAY SURGERY
SULLIVAN WAY, SCHOLES, WIGAN, WN1 3TB
ODS code P92011
995 m
LONGSHOOT MEDICAL PRACTICE
LONGSHOOT HEALTH CENTRE, SCHOLES, WIGAN, WN1 3NH
ODS code P92026
1.2 km
BEECH HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
278 GIDLOW LANE, BEECH HILL, WIGAN, WN6 7PD
ODS code P92010
1.4 km
INCE SURGERY
CLARE HOUSE, PHOENIX WAY, INCE, WIGAN, WN3 4NW
ODS code P92620
1.7 km
RIVINGTON WAY SURGERY
PHOENIX WAY, INCE, WIGAN, WN3 4NW
ODS code Y02274
1.7 km
KUMAR FAMILY PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92024
1.8 km
MARUS BRIDGE PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92642
1.8 km
SOUTH WIGAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CTR, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92647
1.8 km
ZAMAN
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92005
1.8 km
MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL
ODS code Y02885
2.2 km
EXTENDED ACCESS
BEVAN HSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, SMITHY BROOK ROAD, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y05088
2.3 km
WIGAN BOROUGH SPECIALIST SERVICES
WIGAN GP ALLIANCE LLP, BEVAN HOUSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y07697
2.3 km
NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
PEMBERTON PC RESOURCE CTR, SHERWOOD DRIVE, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92021
2.4 km
PEMBERTON SURGERY
SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92019
2.4 km
SAXENA L
HOLMES HOUSE AVENUE, WINSTANLEY, WIGAN, WN3 6JN
ODS code P92038
3.4 km
DR AHMAD & PTNRS
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92006
3.6 km
PLATT HOUSE SURGERY
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92031
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Wigan Rail Stations
BCT · Wigan
- 0.1 miles
Wigan Rail Stations
BCT · Wigan
- 0.1 miles
Wigan Wallgate Rail Station
BCT · Wigan
- 0.1 miles
Wigan Wallgate Rail Station
RSE · Wigan
- 0.1 miles
Wigan Wallgate Rail Station
RLY · Wigan
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 008C, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,043 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.