| Postcode | WN7 2BY |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Leigh |
| Nearest station | Atherton (4 km) |
| Bus stops |
Three Crowns (NW)
Butts Bridge (NW)
Butts Bridge (SE)
Butts Mill (E)
St Thomas's Church (SE)
Peregrine Drive (SE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 13 View |
| Known addresses |
2 Wards Place, Leigh
4 Wards Place, Leigh
5 Wards Place, Leigh
6 Wards Place, Leigh
7 Wards Place, Leigh
8 Wards Place, Leigh
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 53.493571 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.50344 | |
| Easting | 366697 | |
| Northing | 399770 | |
| Grid reference | SJ666997 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 532942 5927293 | |
| what3words | pull.torch.purse | |
| FixPhrase | crowd lustfully superior unselect | |
| Plus code | 9C5VFFVW+CJ | |
| Altitude | 30 metres (98 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:15 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:52 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 25.2 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 | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 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 |
| Population (2011) | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| 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) | E00032098 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4A2 | |
| 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 | £191,253 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.9% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Wards Place, Leigh | Terraced (freehold) | Jul 2023 | £132,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2020 | £105,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Apr 2019 | £52,000 | |
| 8 Wards Place, Leigh | Terraced (freehold) | Apr 2021 | £80,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2004 | £73,950 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2002 | £42,950 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Jul 1997 | £32,000 | |
| 2 Wards Place, Leigh | Other (freehold) | Mar 2020 | £35,000 |
| 4 Wards Place, Leigh | Terraced (freehold) | May 2018 | £57,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Apr 2008 | £75,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2007 | £93,500 | |
| 5 Wards Place, Leigh | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2004 | £76,000 |
| 7 Wards Place, Leigh | Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2003 | £52,750 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Sep 1997 | £15,000 |