Schools
61 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 6 secondary schools. Orrell Holgate Academy is the nearest published school at 373 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WN5 8UZ
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 8UZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 2011
- Terminated
- 1 September 2011
- Postcode area
- WN
- Postcode district
- WN5
- Postcode sector
- WN5 8
- Latitude
- 53.532360
- Longitude
- -2.705417
- British National Grid easting
- 353,340
- British National Grid northing
- 404,197
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
- E00032266
- Lower layer super output area
- Wigan 018C · E01006364
- 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
- 61
- Primary
- 41
- Secondary
- 6
- 373 m
Orrell Holgate Academy
Academy converter
- 715 m
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
Voluntary aided school
- 823 m
Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 48
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 26
- Anti social behaviour 5
- Public order 4
- Drugs 2
- Burglary 2
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
19
within 5 km straight-line
BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE
BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB
ODS code P92008
1.3 km
NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
PEMBERTON PC RESOURCE CTR, SHERWOOD DRIVE, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92021
2.5 km
PEMBERTON SURGERY
SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92019
2.5 km
HALL GREEN SURGERY
164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB
ODS code P81084
2.6 km
SAXENA L
HOLMES HOUSE AVENUE, WINSTANLEY, WIGAN, WN3 6JN
ODS code P92038
2.7 km
EXTENDED ACCESS
BEVAN HSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, SMITHY BROOK ROAD, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y05088
3.1 km
WIGAN BOROUGH SPECIALIST SERVICES
WIGAN GP ALLIANCE LLP, BEVAN HOUSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, WIGAN, WN3 6PR
ODS code Y07697
3.1 km
MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL
ODS code Y02885
3.1 km
EXCEL PRIMARY CARE
BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW
ODS code P81208
3.6 km
KUMAR FAMILY PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92024
4.1 km
MARUS BRIDGE PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92642
4.1 km
SOUTH WIGAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CTR, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92647
4.1 km
ZAMAN
CHANDLER HOUSE, WORSLEY MESNES HEALTH CENTRE, POOLSTOCK LANE, WIGAN, WN3 5HL
ODS code P92005
4.1 km
BILLINGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR GARSWOOD SURGERY, BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD
ODS code N83019
4.3 km
GARSWOOD SURGERY
BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD
ODS code Y00475
4.3 km
MANOR PRIMARY CARE
HILLSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, TANHOUSE ROAD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6DS
ODS code P81039
4.4 km
THE DICCONSON GROUP PRACTICE
FROG LANE, WIGAN, WN6 7LB
ODS code P92003
4.4 km
SHEVINGTON SURGERY
HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET
ODS code P92017
4.7 km
BEECH HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
278 GIDLOW LANE, BEECH HILL, WIGAN, WN6 7PD
ODS code P92010
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Orrell Rail Station
BCT · Orrell
- 0.2 miles
Orrell Rail Station
BCT · Orrell
- 0.2 miles
Orrell Rail Station
RSE · Orrell
- 0.2 miles
Orrell Rail Station
RLY · Orrell
- 0.2 miles
Church Drive
BCT · Orrell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 018C, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,044 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 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
48 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.