Platt Bridge and Abram
Platt Bridge and Abram is covered by postcode district WN2. It is in the Wigan council area, England.
Every postcode in Platt Bridge and Abram, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 7
- In use before 2020: 231
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 238 postcodes in Platt Bridge and Abram that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 231 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.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5170, longitude -2.5968. 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
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WN2 5FJ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Platt Bridge and Abram?
Homes sold for a typical £174,596 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 213 of the 238 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 103 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 48 of its 238 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ince (Manchester), 2.6 km 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 Platt Bridge and Abram?
Homes in Platt Bridge and Abram sold for a typical £174,596 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 96 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £162,000 from 136 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £300,050 16 sales
- Semi-detached £200,000 38 sales
- Terraced £136,000 37 sales
- Flat or maisonette £65,000 5 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WN2 district, Platt Bridge and Abram's main postcode district: a typical £190,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Platt Bridge and Abram: 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 Platt Bridge and Abram?
7 of the 238 postcodes now in use in Platt Bridge and Abram came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 4 of the 136 homes sold in Platt Bridge and Abram were newly built (3%), 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 Platt Bridge and Abram | Across the WN2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 1 of 96 (1%) | 1 of 493 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 4 of 136 (3%) | 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 Platt Bridge and Abram?
Ofcom reports on 238 of the 238 postcodes in Platt Bridge and Abram. At 213 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Platt Bridge and Abram at risk of flooding?
48 of the 238 postcodes in Platt Bridge and Abram 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 103 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 Platt Bridge and Abram?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Platt Bridge and Abram. 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 Platt Bridge and Abram?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Platt Bridge and Abram is Ince (Manchester) Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.
- Ince (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
- Hindley Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
- Wigan North Western 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 Platt Bridge and Abram?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Platt Bridge and Abram. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dr Ahmad & Ptnrs Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report August 2026 · Phone 01942 482330 600 mWalk
- Platt House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 482370 600 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Platt Bridge and Abram 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 Platt Bridge and Abram. 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 Platt Bridge and Abram?
- Council
- Wigan
- Parliamentary constituency
- Makerfield
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Andy Burnham (Labour (Co-op))
All 238 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
Moving to Platt Bridge and Abram
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 Platt Bridge and Abram
- 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
Platt Bridge and Abram postcodes
238 postcodes in use in Platt Bridge and Abram, by district:
That district is in the WN postcode area.
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Places near Platt Bridge and Abram
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Platt Bridge and Abram's £174,596. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Platt Bridge and Abram
- What is the postcode for Platt Bridge and Abram?
- Postcode district WN2, with 238 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Platt Bridge and Abram in?
- Wigan. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Platt Bridge and Abram?
- Andy Burnham (Labour (Co-op)), for Makerfield. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Platt Bridge and Abram?
- A typical £174,596 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 96 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Platt Bridge and Abram?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include St John's Church of England Primary School, Abram, Holy Family Catholic Academy and Platt Bridge Community School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Hawkley Hall High School, 2.7 km away. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Platt Bridge and Abram have a railway station?
- The nearest is Ince (Manchester) station, 2.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Platt Bridge and Abram?
- Ofcom reports on 238 of the 238 postcodes in Platt Bridge and Abram. At 213 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Is Platt Bridge and Abram at risk of flooding?
- 48 of the 238 postcodes in Platt Bridge and Abram 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 103 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 Platt Bridge and Abram?
- 7 of the 238 postcodes now in use in Platt Bridge and Abram came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 4 of the 136 homes sold in Platt Bridge and Abram were newly built (3%), 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
- UK Parliament
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. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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