| Postcode | WN7 2AU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Leigh | 
| Nearest station | Atherton (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | Butts Bridge (NW) Sandersons Croft (SW) Sandersons Croft (NE) Central Avenue (S) Central Avenue (N) Butts Mill (E) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 1 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 53.492565 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.499102 | |
| Easting | 366984 | |
| Northing | 399656 | |
| Grid reference | SJ669996 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 533231 5927183 | |
| what3words | transcribes.shave.reinforce | |
| FixPhrase | crowd lustily sugar unopposed | |
| Plus code | 9C5VFGV2+29 | |
| Altitude | 28 metres (90 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 25.3 KMs (15.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Wigan, unparished area | E43000164 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Leigh Central & Higher Folds | E05015001 | 
| 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 | December 1996 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | Leigh (Wigan) | E63008365 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00032100 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wigan 034E | E01006335 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wigan 034E | E01006335 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Leigh South East | E02001320 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Leigh South East | E02001320 | 
| Travel to work area | Warrington and Wigan | E30000284 | 
| Average property price in Wigan | £189,277 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.9% |