Schools
67 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 9 secondary schools. Hope School is the nearest published school at 900 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WN3 5SD
Worsley Mesnes · Wigan · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Worsley Mesnes
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Postcode district
- WN3
- Postcode sector
- WN3 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WN3 5SD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1992
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- WN
- Postcode district
- WN3
- Postcode sector
- WN3 5
- Latitude
- 53.516545
- Longitude
- -2.645432
- British National Grid easting
- 357,300
- British National Grid northing
- 402,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wigan · E08000010
- Electoral ward
- Worsley Mesnes · E05015013
- Parish or community
- E43000164
- Westminster constituency
- Makerfield · E14001350
- Output area
- E00032497
- Lower layer super output area
- Wigan 020E · E01006410
- Middle layer super output area
- Wigan 020 · E02001306
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
- 67
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 9
- 900 m
Hope School
Community special school
- 937 m
Marus Bridge Primary School
Academy converter
- 993 m
Hawkley Hall High School
Academy converter
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WN3 5 residents
- 11,732
Age bands in WN3 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.1%
2,030 residents
1,262 residents
2,964 residents
3,424 residents
2,596 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
28
within 5 km straight-line
KUMAR FAMILY PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92024
1.4 km
MARUS BRIDGE PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92642
1.4 km
SOUTH WIGAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CTR, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92647
1.4 km
ZAMAN
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92005
1.4 km
EXTENDED ACCESS
BEVAN HSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, SMITHY BROOK ROAD, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y05088
1.6 km
WIGAN BOROUGH SPECIALIST SERVICES
WIGAN GP ALLIANCE LLP, BEVAN HOUSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y07697
1.6 km
SAXENA L
HOLMES HOUSE AVENUE, WINSTANLEY, WIGAN, WN3 6JN
ODS code P92038
1.6 km
BRYN CROSS SURGERY
246 WIGAN ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, BRYN, WIGAN, WN4 0AR
ODS code P92034
1.7 km
ASHTON MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WIGAN ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9SU
ODS code P92041
2.4 km
INCE SURGERY
CLARE HOUSE, PHOENIX WAY, INCE, WIGAN, WN3 4NW
ODS code P92620
2.9 km
RIVINGTON WAY SURGERY
PHOENIX WAY, INCE, WIGAN, WN3 4NW
ODS code Y02274
2.9 km
NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
PEMBERTON PC RESOURCE CTR, SHERWOOD DRIVE, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92021
2.9 km
PEMBERTON SURGERY
SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92019
2.9 km
BRYN STREET SURGERY
ASHTON HEALTH CENTRE, COUNCIL AVENUE, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9AZ
ODS code Y02378
3.3 km
MEDICENTRE
COUNCIL AVENUE, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9AZ
ODS code P92001
3.3 km
BILLINGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR GARSWOOD SURGERY, BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD
ODS code N83019
3.3 km
GARSWOOD SURGERY
BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD
ODS code Y00475
3.3 km
DR AHMAD & PTNRS
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92006
3.3 km
PLATT HOUSE SURGERY
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92031
3.3 km
THE DICCONSON GROUP PRACTICE
FROG LANE, WIGAN, WN6 7LB
ODS code P92003
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 28 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Ashdale Avenue
BCT · Hawkley
- 0.3 miles
Ashdale Avenue
BCT · Hawkley
- 0.3 miles
Wheatlea Park
BCT · Land Gate
- 0.3 miles
Wheatlea Park
BCT · Land Gate
- 0.3 miles
Salesbury Way
BCT · Hawkley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 020E, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,619 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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.