Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 8 secondary schools. The Holden School is the nearest published school at 368 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WN7 4EJ
Leigh West · Wigan · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Leigh West
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Postcode district
- WN7
- Postcode sector
- WN7 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WN7 4EJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- WN
- Postcode district
- WN7
- Postcode sector
- WN7 4
- Latitude
- 53.498229
- Longitude
- -2.532092
- British National Grid easting
- 364,800
- British National Grid northing
- 400,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wigan · E08000010
- Electoral ward
- Leigh West · E05015003
- Parish or community
- E43000164
- Westminster constituency
- Leigh and Atherton · E14001329
- Output area
- E00032039
- Lower layer super output area
- Wigan 033B · E01006324
- Middle layer super output area
- Wigan 033 · E02001319
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 WN7
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 8
- 368 m
The Holden School
Other independent special school
- 636 m
Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 704 m
Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
- Other crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WN7 4 residents
- 8,627
Age bands in WN7 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.6%
1,623 residents
928 residents
2,725 residents
2,312 residents
1,403 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
24
within 5 km straight-line
LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE
LEIGH STADIUM, SALE WAY, LEIGH, WN7 4JY
ODS code Y02886
977 m
FOXLEIGH FAMILY SURGERY
HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code P92602
1.4 km
LEIGH FAMILY PRACTICE
BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code Y02322
1.4 km
LILFORD & PENNINGTON PARK SURGERY
THE BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code Y00050
1.4 km
OLD HENRY STREET MED CTR
OLD HENRY STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PG
ODS code P92007
1.4 km
PREMIER HEALTH TEAM
BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code P92621
1.4 km
WESTLEIGH MEDICAL PRACTICE
4-12 WESTLEIGH LANE, LEIGH, WN7 5JE
ODS code P92029
1.5 km
GRASMERE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92607
1.5 km
THE AVENUE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92615
1.5 km
BROOKMILL MEDICAL CENTRE
COLLEGE STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2RB
ODS code P92023
1.5 km
BEE FOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
25 BEE FOLD LANE, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0BD
ODS code P92633
3.4 km
LOWTON & PLATT BRIDGE SURGERY
208C NEWTON ROAD, LOWTON, WARRINGTON, WA3 2AQ
ODS code P92651
3.5 km
SLAG LANE MC
216 SLAG LANE, LOWTON, WARRINGTON, WA3 2EZ
ODS code P92648
3.6 km
BRAITHWAITE RD SURGERY
36 BRAITHWAITE ROAD, LOWTON, WARRINGTON, WA3 2HY
ODS code P92002
3.7 km
DR VASANTH
ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92635
3.9 km
MEADOWVIEW SURGERY
ORMEROD HOUSE, ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON ST, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92626
3.9 km
DR KK CHAN & PARTNERS
SEVEN BROOKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 CHURCH STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9DE
ODS code P92042
4.1 km
THE SURGERY, TYLDESLEY
THE SURGERY, HIGH STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AL
ODS code P92033
4.5 km
ELLIOTT STREET SURGERY
145 ELLIOTT STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8FL
ODS code P92028
4.5 km
POPLAR STREET SURGERY
TYLDESLEY HEALTH CENTRE, POPLAR STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AX
ODS code Y02321
4.7 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Scott Street
BCT · Firs Lane
- 0.0 miles
Co-operative Street
BCT · Firs Lane
- 0.1 miles
Kendal Grove
BCT · Firs Lane
- 0.1 miles
Urmston Street
BCT · Firs Lane
- 0.1 miles
Peacock Fold
BCT · Firs Lane
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 033B, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,793 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.