Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield is covered by postcode districts WN1, WN2 and WN3. It is in the Wigan council area, England.
Every postcode in Ince-in-Makerfield, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 18
- In use before 2020: 312
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 330 postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield that ONS places, 18 are new since 2020 and 312 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 53.5391, longitude -2.6082. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 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.
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WN2 2FQ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Ince-in-Makerfield?
Homes sold for a typical £158,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 295 of the 325 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 404 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 43 of its 330 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ince (Manchester), 200 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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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 Ince-in-Makerfield?
Homes in Ince-in-Makerfield sold for a typical £158,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 79 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £165,000 from 165 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £260,000 17 sales
- Semi-detached £165,000 36 sales
- Terraced £124,500 26 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WN2 district, Ince-in-Makerfield's main postcode district: a typical £190,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ince-in-Makerfield: 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 Ince-in-Makerfield?
18 of the 330 postcodes now in use in Ince-in-Makerfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 36 of the 165 homes sold in Ince-in-Makerfield were newly built (22%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN2 district, 13%.
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 Ince-in-Makerfield | Across the WN2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 79 (0%) | 1 of 493 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 36 of 165 (22%) | 93 of 739 (13%) |
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 Ince-in-Makerfield?
Ofcom reports on 325 of the 330 postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield. At 295 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 Ince-in-Makerfield at risk of flooding?
43 of the 330 postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield 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 404 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 Ince-in-Makerfield?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield. 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. 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 Ince-in-Makerfield?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield is Ince (Manchester) Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.
- Ince (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
- Wigan North Western Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
- Wigan Wallgate Rail Station Railway station 1.8 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 Ince-in-Makerfield?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ince Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 481140 650 mWalk
- Rivington Way Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 481120 650 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Ince-in-Makerfield 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 Ince-in-Makerfield. 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 Ince-in-Makerfield?
- Council
- Wigan
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Wigan (276) and Makerfield (54)
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- 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 Ince-in-Makerfield
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 Ince-in-Makerfield
- 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
Ince-in-Makerfield postcodes
330 postcodes in use in Ince-in-Makerfield, by district:
Those districts are all in the WN postcode area.
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Places near Ince-in-Makerfield
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ince-in-Makerfield's £158,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Ince-in-Makerfield
- What is the postcode for Ince-in-Makerfield?
- Postcode districts WN1, WN2 and WN3, with 330 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Ince-in-Makerfield in?
- Wigan. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Ince-in-Makerfield?
- A typical £158,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 79 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Ince-in-Makerfield?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include St William's Catholic Primary School, Ince CofE Primary School and Britannia Bridge Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Dean Trust Rose Bridge. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Ince-in-Makerfield have a railway station?
- Yes: Ince (Manchester) station, 200 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Ince-in-Makerfield?
- Ofcom reports on 325 of the 330 postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield. At 295 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Ince-in-Makerfield at risk of flooding?
- 43 of the 330 postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield 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 404 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 Ince-in-Makerfield?
- 18 of the 330 postcodes now in use in Ince-in-Makerfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 36 of the 165 homes sold in Ince-in-Makerfield were newly built (22%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN2 district, 13%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- 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 HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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