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WN6 9WZ

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN6 9SW 1 m
PR7 5NT 457 m
WN6 9SL 503 m
WN6 9SP 532 m
WN6 9SN 539 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN6 9WZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2002
Terminated
1 September 2003
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN6
Postcode sector
WN6 9
Latitude
53.619399
Longitude
-2.712429
British National Grid easting
352,972
British National Grid northing
413,885

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Electoral ward
Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard · E05013076
Parish or community
E04005154
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126511
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 011A · E01024923
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 011 · E02005199

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
19
Secondary
3

  1. Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

  2. Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  3. St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
74
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 41
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Public order 4
  • Vehicle crime 4

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • COPPULL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 ACRESWOOD CLOSE, COPPULL, CHORLEY, PR7 5EN

    ODS code P81033

    3.3 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Rivington View

    BCT · Heskin

    0.3 miles

  • Rivington View

    BCT · Heskin

    0.3 miles

  • Corner House

    BCT · Wrightington Bar

    0.4 miles

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Wrightington Bar

    0.4 miles

  • Broadhurst Lane

    BCT · Wrightington Bar

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 011A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,476 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

74 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 41 events.

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