WN6 8PR

Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor · Wigan · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wigan
Local authority
Wigan
Constituency
Wigan
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN6 8HL 69 m
WN6 8HW 106 m
WN6 8EL 111 m
WN6 8EN 121 m
WN6 8HR 154 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN6 8PR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2017
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 8
Latitude
53.567934
Longitude
-2.696571
British National Grid easting
353,965
British National Grid northing
408,149

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wigan · E08000010
Parish or community
E04000014
Westminster constituency
Wigan · E14001585
Output area
E00032023
Lower layer super output area
Wigan 003D · E01006314
Middle layer super output area
Wigan 003 · E02001289

Postcode source versions

Explore WN6

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Garden Nook, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8PR 15 February 2018 £225,000
1, Garden Nook, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8PR 9 October 2017 £225,000
3, Garden Nook, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8PR 29 August 2017 £225,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
37
Secondary
7
  1. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    717 m
  2. Fir Tree College

    Special post 16 institution

    1.1 km
  3. Millbrook Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

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
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.3
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% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WN6 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

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%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

GP practices

12

within 5 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    707 m

  • MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL

    ODS code Y02885

    2.8 km

  • STANDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    49 HIGH STREET, STANDISH, WIGAN, WN6 0HD

    ODS code P92014

    3.0 km

  • BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB

    ODS code P92008

    3.4 km

  • BEECH HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P92010

    3.7 km

  • NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P92021

    3.7 km

  • PEMBERTON SURGERY

    SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX

    ODS code P92019

    3.7 km

  • THE DICCONSON GROUP PRACTICE

    FROG LANE, WIGAN, WN6 7LB

    ODS code P92003

    4.0 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    4.2 km

  • MESNES VIEW SURGERY

    93 MESNES STREET, WIGAN, WN1 1ST

    ODS code P92634

    4.6 km

  • DR SEABROOK

    1 WRIGHTINGTON STREET, WIGAN, WN1 2AZ

    ODS code P92030

    4.6 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

    HILLSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, TANHOUSE ROAD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6DS

    ODS code P81039

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Douglas Drive

    BCT · Shevington

    0.1 miles
  • Douglas Drive

    BCT · Shevington

    0.1 miles
  • Prince's Park

    BCT · Gathurst

    0.1 miles
  • Prince's Park

    BCT · Gathurst

    0.2 miles
  • Martland Avenue

    BCT · Shevington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 003D, 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

27,863 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
0
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

Schools

53 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 717 m.

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

Recorded crime

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.