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WN6 8AZ

Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor · Wigan · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Wigan
Ward
Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor
Local authority
Wigan
Constituency
Wigan
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN6 8AS 57 m
WN6 8AY 60 m
WN6 8AU 100 m
WN6 8BL 110 m
WN6 8AX 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN6 8AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 8
Latitude
53.573828
Longitude
-2.687772
British National Grid easting
354,554
British National Grid northing
408,799

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wigan · E08000010
Electoral ward
Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor · E05015007
Parish or community
E04000014
Westminster constituency
Wigan · E14001585
Output area
E00032022
Lower layer super output area
Wigan 003B · E01006312
Middle layer super output area
Wigan 003 · E02001289

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, Hope Crescent, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AZ 2 December 2024 £193,000
4, Hope Crescent, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AZ 5 September 2022 £222,000
3, Hope Crescent, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AZ 23 September 2021 £177,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
28
Secondary
6

  1. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    165 m

  2. Millbrook Primary School

    Community school

    366 m

  3. Shevington High School

    Community school

    716 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

18 female, 13 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.8
WN6 8 residents
11,683

Age bands in WN6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

2,057 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,174 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

2,795 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

3,341 residents

Age 65 and over
22.7%

2,743 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WN6 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

10

within 5 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    772 m

  • STANDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    49 HIGH STREET, STANDISH, WIGAN, WN6 0HD

    ODS code P92014

    2.2 km

  • MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL

    ODS code Y02885

    3.1 km

  • BEECH HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    278 GIDLOW LANE, BEECH HILL, WIGAN, WN6 7PD

    ODS code P92010

    3.5 km

  • THE DICCONSON GROUP PRACTICE

    FROG LANE, WIGAN, WN6 7LB

    ODS code P92003

    3.9 km

  • BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB

    ODS code P92008

    4.0 km

  • NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PEMBERTON PC RESOURCE CTR, SHERWOOD DRIVE, WIGAN, WN5 9QX

    ODS code P92021

    4.1 km

  • PEMBERTON SURGERY

    SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX

    ODS code P92019

    4.1 km

  • DR SEABROOK

    1 WRIGHTINGTON STREET, WIGAN, WN1 2AZ

    ODS code P92030

    4.4 km

  • MESNES VIEW SURGERY

    93 MESNES STREET, WIGAN, WN1 1ST

    ODS code P92634

    4.4 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hall Close

    BCT · Shevington

    0.0 miles

  • Hall Close

    BCT · Shevington

    0.1 miles

  • Elnup Avenue

    BCT · Shevington

    0.1 miles

  • Old Lane

    BCT · Shevington

    0.1 miles

  • Fern Close

    BCT · Shevington

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 003B, 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

29,678 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £193,000 from 3 recorded sales in WN6 8AZ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wigan is £195,557 in June 2026, up 6.6% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

40 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 165 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.