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WN6 9EP

Rural North East · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Rural North East
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN6 9ES 169 m
WN6 9EN 221 m
WN6 9EW 402 m
WN6 9DW 563 m
WN6 9EU 617 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN6 9EP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 9
Latitude
53.589824
Longitude
-2.711509
British National Grid easting
353,000
British National Grid northing
410,594

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Rural North East · E05014936
Parish or community
E04005317
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129596
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 005D · E01025538
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 005 · E02005308

Postcode source versions

Explore WN6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
29
Primary
23
Secondary
2

  1. Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  2. Shevington Vale Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
67
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Other theft 7
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WN6 9 residents
5,338

Age bands in WN6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

707 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

446 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.2%

909 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,545 residents

Age 65 and over
27.6%

1,374 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.

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

4

within 5 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    1.9 km

  • STANDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    49 HIGH STREET, STANDISH, WIGAN, WN6 0HD

    ODS code P92014

    3.4 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    4.1 km

  • COPPULL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 ACRESWOOD CLOSE, COPPULL, CHORLEY, PR7 5EN

    ODS code P81033

    4.6 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

  • Wrightington Hospital Grounds

    BCT · Appley Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Wrightington Hospital

    BCT · Appley Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Wrightington Hospital

    BCT · Appley Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Stonecrop

    BCT · Appley Bridge

    0.4 miles

  • Back Skull House Lane

    BCT · Appley Bridge

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 005D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,941 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

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
1
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

29 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 2 secondary schools. Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

67 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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