| Postcode | M29 0DB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Manchester | 
| Nearest station | Hag Fold (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Market Street (W) Market Street (S) Flapper Fold Lane (N) Flapper Fold Lane (W) Punch Bowl (W) Atherton Community School (W) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.524123 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.494919 | |
| Easting | 367286 | |
| Northing | 403165 | |
| Grid reference | SD672031 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 533484 5930696 | |
| what3words | rivers.album.torn | |
| FixPhrase | crown lustily shine thursday | |
| Plus code | 9C5VGGF4+J2 | |
| Altitude | 61 metres (201 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 28.1 KMs (17.5 miles) | 
| Parish | Wigan, unparished area | E43000164 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Atherton North | E05014993 | 
| Metropolitan District | Wigan | E08000010 | 
| County | Greater Manchester | E11000010 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Leigh and Atherton | E14001329 | 
| MP | Jo Platt | Labour | 
| Police force | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Greater Manchester North West | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | May 1994 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Atherton | E63008308 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00031624 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wigan 023C | E01006244 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wigan 023C | E01006244 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Atherton South West | E02001309 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Atherton South West | E02001309 | 
| Travel to work area | Manchester | E30000239 | 
| Average property price in Manchester | £245,015 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.4% |