| Postcode | M46 9BJ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Manchester | 
| Nearest station | Atherton (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Sacred Heart Church (SE) 
Shakerley Road (SE) 
Castle Street (SW) 
Castle Street (NE) 
Tyldesley Pool (NW) 
Cooling Lane (E) 
                     | 
                  
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 10 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       Stockport Truck Centre Ltd, Printshop Lane, Atherton 
                       | 
                  
| Main property type | Other | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 53.515325 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.47702 | |
| Easting | 368466 | |
| Northing | 402178 | |
| Grid reference | SD684021 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 534677 5929725 | |
| what3words | normal.punks.depend | |
| FixPhrase | crown lustily semisoft twelve | |
| Plus code | 9C5VGG8F+45 | |
| Altitude | 42 metres (138 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:16 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 28.2 KMs (17.5 miles) | 
| Parish | Wigan, unparished area | E43000164 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Atherton South & Lilford | E05014994 | 
| Metropolitan District | Wigan | E08000010 | 
| County | Greater Manchester | E11000010 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Leigh and Atherton | E14001329 | 
| MP | Jo Platt | Labour | 
| Police force | Greater Manchester | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Greater Manchester North West | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | 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 
                   | 
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
                     | 
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| 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) | E00031898 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wigan 022D | E01006293 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wigan 022D | E01006293 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Atherton South East & Tyldesley West | E02001308 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Atherton South East & Tyldesley West | E02001308 | 
| Travel to work area | Manchester | E30000239 | 
| Average property price in Manchester | £245,758 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.0% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockport Truck Centre Ltd, Printshop Lane, Atherton | Other (freehold) | Nov 2023 | £1,070,000 | 
| Other (freehold) | Nov 2023 | £1,070,000 |