Golborne
Golborne is covered by postcode districts WA3 and WN7. It is in the Wigan council area, England.
Every postcode in Golborne, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 21
- At medium risk at worst: 4
- At low risk at worst: 9
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 694
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 728 postcodes in Golborne that ONS places, 21 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 694 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4756, longitude -2.5795. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: 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. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
21 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WA3 2JG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Golborne?
Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 690 of the 723 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 224 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 34 of its 728 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Newton-le-Willows, 3.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Golborne?
Homes in Golborne sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 320 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £350,000 104 sales
- Semi-detached £228,085 140 sales
- Terraced £157,350 64 sales
- Flat or maisonette £116,500 12 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WA3 district, Golborne's main postcode district: a typical £255,498.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Golborne: 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 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Golborne?
32 of the 728 postcodes now in use in Golborne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 72 of the 449 homes sold in Golborne were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA3 district, 9%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Golborne | Across the WA3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 320 (Under 1%) | 6 of 564 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 72 of 449 (16%) | 74 of 779 (9%) |
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.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Golborne?
Ofcom reports on 723 of the 728 postcodes in Golborne. At 690 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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Golborne at risk of flooding?
34 of the 728 postcodes in Golborne 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 224 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, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Golborne?
The open schools at the postcodes in Golborne (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Lowton West Primary School100 m 428 pupils, 420 places
- St Luke's CofE Primary School600 m 212 pupils, 198 places
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton750 m 212 pupils, 210 places
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan850 m 250 pupils, 210 places
- St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School900 m 216 pupils, 210 places
- Green Meadow Independent Primary School1.1 km 9 pupils, 198 places
- Golborne Community Primary School1.4 km 373 pupils, 345 places
- Lowton Junior and Infant School1.5 km 199 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Golborne?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Golborne is Newton-le-Willows Rail Station, 3.4 km away in a straight line.
- Newton-le-Willows Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
- Earlestown Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
- Bryn Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive
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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Golborne?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Golborne, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Braithwaite Rd Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01942 718221 350 mWalk
- Slag Lane Mc Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 715200 400 mWalk
- Family Medical Practice Phone 01942 481638 1.2 kmWalk
- Golborne Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 481620 1.2 kmWalk
- High Street Surgery Phone 01942 481600 1.2 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Golborne 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 Golborne. 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 (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Golborne?
- Council
- Wigan
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op))
All 728 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Golborne
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- 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 GP practices in Golborne
- 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
Golborne postcodes
728 postcodes in use in Golborne, by district:
Those districts are in the WA postcode area and WN postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Golborne
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Golborne's £235,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Golborne
- What is it like to live in Golborne?
- Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 690 of the 723 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 224 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 34 of its 728 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Newton-le-Willows, 3.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Golborne?
- Golborne is covered by postcode districts WA3 and WN7, across 728 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Golborne in?
- Golborne is in the Wigan council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Golborne?
- Golborne is in the Leigh and Atherton parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op)), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Golborne?
- Homes in Golborne sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 320 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Golborne?
- In Golborne, primary schools at its postcodes include Lowton West Primary School, St Luke's CofE Primary School and St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton; secondary schools at its postcodes include Golborne High School and Lowton Church of England High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Golborne have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Golborne is Newton-le-Willows, 3.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Golborne?
- Ofcom reports on 723 of the 728 postcodes in Golborne. At 690 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Golborne at risk of flooding?
- 34 of the 728 postcodes in Golborne 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 224 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Golborne?
- 32 of the 728 postcodes now in use in Golborne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 72 of the 449 homes sold in Golborne were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA3 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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