Leigh
Leigh is covered by postcode districts M29, WN2 and WN7. It is in the Wigan council area, England.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Leigh (Wigan).
Every postcode in Leigh, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 49
- In use before 2020: 1,056
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,105 postcodes in Leigh that ONS places, 49 are new since 2020 and 1,056 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 53.4983, longitude -2.5196. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Leigh?
Homes sold for a typical £177,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 961 of the 1,091 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 611 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 167 of its 1,105 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hag Fold, 4.3 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 Leigh?
Homes in Leigh sold for a typical £177,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 485 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £312,000 77 sales
- Semi-detached £214,600 167 sales
- Terraced £145,000 206 sales
- Flat or maisonette £108,000 35 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WN7 district, Leigh's main postcode district: a typical £181,250.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Leigh: 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 Leigh?
49 of the 1,105 postcodes now in use in Leigh came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 35 of the 625 homes sold in Leigh were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN7 district, 6%.
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 Leigh | Across the WN7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 485 (Under 1%) | 5 of 520 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 35 of 625 (6%) | 37 of 668 (6%) |
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 Leigh?
Ofcom reports on 1,091 of the 1,105 postcodes in Leigh. At 961 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 Leigh at risk of flooding?
167 of the 1,105 postcodes in Leigh 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 611 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 Leigh?
The open schools at the postcodes in Leigh (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
- Leigh Central Primary School150 m 211 pupils, 210 places
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School150 m 211 pupils, 210 places
- Leigh CofE Primary School200 m 350 pupils, 347 places
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh200 m 300 pupils, 315 places
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington700 m 205 pupils, 210 places
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary700 m 210 pupils, 210 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh900 m 204 pupils, 210 places
- The Holden School950 m 70 pupils, 84 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 Leigh?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Leigh is Hag Fold Rail Station, 4.3 km away in a straight line.
- Hag Fold Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
- Atherton Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
- Daisy Hill Rail Station Railway station 4.6 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Leigh?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Leigh, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Brookmill Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 681880 700 mWalk
- Foxleigh Family Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 481800 750 mWalk
- Leigh Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 481830 750 mWalk
- Lilford & Pennington Park Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2025 · Phone 01942 483438 750 mWalk
- Old Henry Street Med Ctr Phone 01942 680109 750 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Leigh 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 Leigh. 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 Leigh?
- Council
- Wigan
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Leigh and Atherton (1,028) and Makerfield (77)
- 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: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Leigh
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 Leigh
- 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
Leigh postcodes
1,105 postcodes in use in Leigh, by district:
Those districts are in the WN postcode area and M postcode area.
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Places near Leigh
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Leigh's £177,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Leigh
- What is it like to live in Leigh?
- Homes sold for a typical £177,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 961 of the 1,091 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 611 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 167 of its 1,105 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hag Fold, 4.3 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 Leigh?
- Leigh is covered by postcode districts M29, WN2 and WN7, across 1,105 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Leigh in?
- Leigh is in the Wigan council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Leigh?
- Homes in Leigh sold for a typical £177,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 485 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Leigh?
- In Leigh, primary schools at its postcodes include Leigh Central Primary School, Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School and Leigh CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Holden School, The Westleigh School and Bedford High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Leigh have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Leigh is Hag Fold, 4.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Leigh?
- Ofcom reports on 1,091 of the 1,105 postcodes in Leigh. At 961 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Leigh at risk of flooding?
- 167 of the 1,105 postcodes in Leigh 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 611 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 Leigh?
- 49 of the 1,105 postcodes now in use in Leigh came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 35 of the 625 homes sold in Leigh were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN7 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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