| Postcode | WN2 2AL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Wigan | 
| Nearest station | Ince (Manchester) (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Ince Bar (SW) Manchester Road (NE) Ince Bar (NW) Brown Street (NW) Queensway (SW) Queensway (NE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 3 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 53.541982 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.604334 | |
| Easting | 360049 | |
| Northing | 405208 | |
| Grid reference | SD600052 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 526219 5932637 | |
| what3words | pies.loaded.water | |
| FixPhrase | crown luster sliding talon | |
| Plus code | 9C5VG9RW+Q7 | |
| Altitude | 46 metres (149 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 26 KMs (16.2 miles) | 
| Parish | Wigan, unparished area | E43000164 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Ince | E05015000 | 
| Metropolitan District | Wigan | E08000010 | 
| County | Greater Manchester | E11000010 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Wigan | E14001585 | 
| MP | Lisa Nandy | 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 | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | Ince-in-Makerfield | E63008285 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00031988 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wigan 012B | E01006308 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wigan 012B | E01006308 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Ince-in-Makerfield | E02001298 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Ince-in-Makerfield | E02001298 | 
| Travel to work area | Warrington and Wigan | E30000284 | 
| Average property price in Wigan | £189,277 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.9% |