Appley Bridge
Appley Bridge is covered by postcode district WN6. It is mostly in the Wigan council area: 57 of its 105 postcodes. The others are in West Lancashire. 48 of its 105 postcodes are in Lancashire. ONS lists no county for the other 57.
Every postcode in Appley Bridge, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 3
- Some can get gigabit: 16
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 86
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
Of the 105 postcodes in Appley Bridge that ONS places, 3 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 16 have some that can and 86 can all get it.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5815, longitude -2.7153. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.
What is it like to live in Appley Bridge?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 86 of the 105 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 23 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 105 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Shevington Surgery, 1.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Appley Bridge, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Appley Bridge?
Homes in Appley Bridge sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 53 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £235,000 from 70 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £425,000 17 sales
- Semi-detached £222,000 31 sales
- Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
- Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WN6 district, Appley Bridge's main postcode district: a typical £218,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Appley Bridge: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
Are new homes being built in Appley Bridge?
None of the 105 postcodes now in use in Appley Bridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 70 homes sold in Appley Bridge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN6 district, 5%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Appley Bridge | Across the WN6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 53 (0%) | 3 of 467 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 70 (0%) | 32 of 686 (5%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Appley Bridge?
Ofcom reports on 105 of the 105 postcodes in Appley Bridge. At 86 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is Appley Bridge at risk of flooding?
16 of the 105 postcodes in Appley Bridge have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 23 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
Which schools are in Appley Bridge?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Appley Bridge. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
How far is the station from Appley Bridge?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Appley Bridge is Appley Bridge Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Appley Bridge Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Gathurst Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
- Parbold Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Which GP surgeries are in Appley Bridge?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Appley Bridge. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Shevington Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 483777 1.3 kmCycle
- Standish Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01257 421909 3.6 kmCycle
- Parbold Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01257 440817 4.0 kmCycle
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Appley Bridge safe? Crime recorded around it
Greater Manchester's police force has published no crime figures to Police.uk for any month from September 2024 to August 2026, so we have none to show for Appley Bridge. A count from Police.uk here would take in only the few crimes that neighbouring forces record nearby, so we show none rather than a figure that looks like a quiet area.
Crime around one postcodeSource: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Appley Bridge?
- Councils
- Wigan (57) and West Lancashire (48)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Wigan (57) and West Lancashire (48)
- Police force areas
- Greater Manchester (57) and Lancashire (48)
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
Moving to Appley Bridge
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Appley Bridge is in Wigan; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Wigan about council tax Council tax, on wigan.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Appley Bridge postcodes
105 postcodes in use in Appley Bridge, by district:
That district is in the WN postcode area.
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Places near Appley Bridge
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Appley Bridge's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Appley Bridge
- What is the postcode for Appley Bridge?
- Postcode district WN6, with 105 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Appley Bridge?
- A typical £250,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 53 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Appley Bridge?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Shevington Vale Primary School and Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Shevington High School, 2.1 km away. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Appley Bridge have a railway station?
- Yes: Appley Bridge station, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Appley Bridge?
- Ofcom reports on 105 of the 105 postcodes in Appley Bridge. At 86 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Appley Bridge at risk of flooding?
- 16 of the 105 postcodes in Appley Bridge have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 23 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Appley Bridge?
- None of the 105 postcodes now in use in Appley Bridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 70 homes sold in Appley Bridge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN6 district, 5%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Environment Agency flood risk
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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