Property market
The five-year median is £244,995 from 18 recorded sales in WN7 5GL. 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.
WN7 5GL
Leigh West · Wigan · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Leigh
- Ward
- Leigh West
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Postcode district
- WN7
- Postcode sector
- WN7 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WN7 5GL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2023
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WN
- Postcode district
- WN7
- Postcode sector
- WN7 5
- Latitude
- 53.512646
- Longitude
- -2.524085
- British National Grid easting
- 365,343
- British National Grid northing
- 401,900
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
- Makerfield · E14001350
- Output area
- E00031829
- Lower layer super output area
- Wigan 027A · E01006282
- Middle layer super output area
- Wigan 027 · E02001313
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
Property
18 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 14, Calamite Close, Leigh, WN7 5GL | 19 July 2024 | £224,995 |
| 16, Calamite Close, Leigh, WN7 5GL | 18 July 2024 | £224,995 |
| 18, Calamite Close, Leigh, WN7 5GL | 18 July 2024 | £244,995 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 66
- Primary
- 49
- Secondary
- 8
- 155 m
Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 307 m
Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School
Academy converter
- 382 m
The Westleigh School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Other crime 1
- Violence and sexual offences 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WN7 5 residents
- 11,723
Age bands in WN7 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 16%
2,239 residents
1,350 residents
3,093 residents
2,928 residents
1,832 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
25
within 5 km
WESTLEIGH MEDICAL PRACTICE
4-12 WESTLEIGH LANE, LEIGH, WN7 5JE
ODS code P92029
236 m
GRASMERE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92607
1.3 km
THE AVENUE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92615
1.3 km
BEE FOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
25 BEE FOLD LANE, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0BD
ODS code P92633
1.9 km
BROOKMILL MEDICAL CENTRE
COLLEGE STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2RB
ODS code P92023
2.0 km
DR VASANTH
ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92635
2.3 km
MEADOWVIEW SURGERY
ORMEROD HOUSE, ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON ST, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92626
2.3 km
FOXLEIGH FAMILY SURGERY
HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code P92602
2.3 km
LEIGH FAMILY PRACTICE
BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code Y02322
2.3 km
LILFORD & PENNINGTON PARK SURGERY
THE BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code Y00050
2.3 km
OLD HENRY STREET MED CTR
OLD HENRY STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PG
ODS code P92007
2.3 km
PREMIER HEALTH TEAM
BRIDGEWATER MEDICAL CENTRE, HENRY STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2PE
ODS code P92621
2.3 km
LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE
LEIGH STADIUM, SALE WAY, LEIGH, WN7 4JY
ODS code Y02886
2.6 km
DR KK CHAN & PARTNERS
SEVEN BROOKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 CHURCH STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9DE
ODS code P92042
2.7 km
THE SURGERY, TYLDESLEY
THE SURGERY, HIGH STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AL
ODS code P92033
3.6 km
ELLIOTT STREET SURGERY
145 ELLIOTT STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8FL
ODS code P92028
3.6 km
POPLAR STREET SURGERY
TYLDESLEY HEALTH CENTRE, POPLAR STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AX
ODS code Y02321
3.7 km
UNSWORTH GROUP PRACTICE
PETER HOUSE, CAPTAIN LEES ROAD, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3UB
ODS code P82015
4.3 km
STABLE FOLD SURGERY
119 CHURCH STREET, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3SF
ODS code P82005
4.4 km
DR TUN & PARTNERS
HINDLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 LIVERPOOL ROAD, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 3HQ
ODS code P92004
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
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
- 0.1 miles
School Street
BCT · Westleigh
- 0.1 miles
School Street
BCT · Westleigh
- 0.2 miles
Coal Pit Lane
BCT · Westleigh
- 0.2 miles
The Westleigh School
BCT · Westleigh
- 0.2 miles
The Westleigh School
BCT · Westleigh
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wigan 027A, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,009 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 49 primary and 8 secondary schools. Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 155 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 1 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.