Schools
54 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 6 secondary schools. Orrell Holgate Academy is the nearest published school at 664 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WN5 8LA
Orrell · Wigan · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Orrell
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Postcode district
- WN5
- Postcode sector
- WN5 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WN5 8LA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1984
- Postcode area
- WN
- Postcode district
- WN5
- Postcode sector
- WN5 8
- Latitude
- 53.540445
- Longitude
- -2.710682
- British National Grid easting
- 353,000
- British National Grid northing
- 405,100
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
- E00032284
- Lower layer super output area
- Wigan 018A · E01006362
- 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
- 54
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 6
- 664 m
Orrell Holgate Academy
Academy converter
- 680 m
St Peter's Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school
- 1.3 km
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 215
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 97
- Anti social behaviour 43
- Burglary 12
- Criminal damage and arson 12
- Other crime 9
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WN5 8 residents
- 11,127
Age bands in WN5 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
1,785 residents
1,116 residents
2,690 residents
3,198 residents
2,465 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
18
within 5 km straight-line
BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE
BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB
ODS code P92008
1.5 km
HALL GREEN SURGERY
164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB
ODS code P81084
2.0 km
NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
PEMBERTON PC RESOURCE CTR, SHERWOOD DRIVE, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92021
2.7 km
PEMBERTON SURGERY
SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92019
2.7 km
MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL
ODS code Y02885
3.0 km
EXCEL PRIMARY CARE
BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW
ODS code P81208
3.2 km
SAXENA L
HOLMES HOUSE AVENUE, WINSTANLEY, WIGAN, WN3 6JN
ODS code P92038
3.5 km
EXTENDED ACCESS
BEVAN HSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, SMITHY BROOK ROAD, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y05088
3.7 km
WIGAN BOROUGH SPECIALIST SERVICES
WIGAN GP ALLIANCE LLP, BEVAN HOUSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y07697
3.7 km
MANOR PRIMARY CARE
HILLSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, TANHOUSE ROAD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6DS
ODS code P81039
3.7 km
SHEVINGTON SURGERY
HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET
ODS code P92017
3.8 km
THE DICCONSON GROUP PRACTICE
FROG LANE, WIGAN, WN6 7LB
ODS code P92003
4.5 km
KUMAR FAMILY PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92024
4.6 km
MARUS BRIDGE PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92642
4.6 km
SOUTH WIGAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CTR, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92647
4.6 km
ZAMAN
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92005
4.6 km
BEECH HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
278 GIDLOW LANE, BEECH HILL, WIGAN, WN6 7PD
ODS code P92010
4.7 km
ASHURST PRIMARY CARE
ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS
ODS code P81201
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Heyes Road
BCT · Orrell Post
- 0.1 miles
Heyes Road
BCT · Orrell Post
- 0.2 miles
Spencer's Lane
BCT · Orrell Post
- 0.2 miles
Spencer's Lane
BCT · Orrell Post
- 0.2 miles
Abbey Drive
BCT · Orrell Post
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 018A, 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
27,430 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
215 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 97 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.