Schools
52 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 4 secondary schools. Winstanley College is the nearest published school at 767 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WN5 7ET
Orrell · Wigan · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Orrell
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Postcode district
- WN5
- Postcode sector
- WN5 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WN5 7ET
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 February 2007
- Postcode area
- WN
- Postcode district
- WN5
- Postcode sector
- WN5 7
- Latitude
- 53.520574
- Longitude
- -2.713260
- British National Grid easting
- 352,807
- British National Grid northing
- 402,891
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wigan · E08000010
- Electoral ward
- Orrell · E05015005
- Parish or community
- E43000164
- Westminster constituency
- Makerfield · E14001350
- Output area
- E00181419
- Lower layer super output area
- Wigan 018F · E01006367
- Middle layer super output area
- Wigan 018 · E02001304
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 WN5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 52
- Primary
- 37
- Secondary
- 4
- 767 m
Winstanley College
Further education
- 793 m
Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
Community school
- 947 m
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 26
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 10
- Anti social behaviour 4
- Criminal damage and arson 3
- Public order 2
- Vehicle crime 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WN5 7 residents
- 11,327
Age bands in WN5 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 28.7%
1,647 residents
993 residents
2,373 residents
3,178 residents
3,298 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
17
within 5 km straight-line
BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE
BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB
ODS code P92008
2.5 km
HALL GREEN SURGERY
164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB
ODS code P81084
2.9 km
SAXENA L
HOLMES HOUSE AVENUE, WINSTANLEY, WIGAN, WN3 6JN
ODS code P92038
2.9 km
BILLINGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR GARSWOOD SURGERY, BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD
ODS code N83019
3.4 km
GARSWOOD SURGERY
BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD
ODS code Y00475
3.4 km
NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
PEMBERTON PC RESOURCE CTR, SHERWOOD DRIVE, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92021
3.5 km
PEMBERTON SURGERY
SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92019
3.5 km
EXCEL PRIMARY CARE
BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW
ODS code P81208
3.6 km
EXTENDED ACCESS
BEVAN HSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, SMITHY BROOK ROAD, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y05088
3.8 km
WIGAN BOROUGH SPECIALIST SERVICES
WIGAN GP ALLIANCE LLP, BEVAN HOUSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y07697
3.8 km
MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL
ODS code Y02885
4.4 km
MANOR PRIMARY CARE
HILLSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, TANHOUSE ROAD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6DS
ODS code P81039
4.7 km
KUMAR FAMILY PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92024
4.7 km
MARUS BRIDGE PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92642
4.7 km
SOUTH WIGAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CTR, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92647
4.7 km
ZAMAN
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92005
4.7 km
BRYN CROSS SURGERY
246 WIGAN ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, BRYN, WIGAN, WN4 0AR
ODS code P92034
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Crank Road
BCT · Orrell
- 0.2 miles
Crank Road
BCT · Orrell
- 0.2 miles
Smethurst Road
BCT · Higher End
- 0.2 miles
Smethurst Road
BCT · Higher End
- 0.3 miles
Cob Moor Road
BCT · Longshaw
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 018F, 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
30,026 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
26 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.