Shevington

Shevington is covered by postcode district WN6. It is in the Wigan council area, England.

Typical price £248,000 Homes sold in Shevington, last 12 months. ▲ 19.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 79 of 90 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2 of 90 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Shevington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shevington, by flood risk Of the 90 postcodes in Shevington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shevington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M6 WN6 8AB: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AD: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AE: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AF: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AG: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AH: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AJ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AN: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AP: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AQ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AR: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AS: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AT: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AU: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AX: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AY: not on the flood risk listWN6 8AZ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BA: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BB: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BD: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BE: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BG: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BH: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BJ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BL: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BN: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BP: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BQ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BS: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BT: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BU: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BW: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BX: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BY: not on the flood risk listWN6 8BZ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DA: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DB: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DD: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DE: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DF: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DG: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DH: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DJ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DL: not on the flood risk listWN6 8DQ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EA: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EB: not on the flood risk listWN6 8ED: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EE: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EF: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EG: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EH: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EJ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EL: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EN: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EQ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8ES: not on the flood risk listWN6 8EW: not on the flood risk listWN6 8FP: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GA: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GB: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GD: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GE: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GF: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GG: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GH: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GJ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GL: not on the flood risk listWN6 8GN: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HA: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HB: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HD: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HE: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HF: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HG: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HL: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HN: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HP: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HQ: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HR: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HS: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HU: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HW: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HX: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HY: not on the flood risk listWN6 8JA: not on the flood risk listWN6 8JE: not on the flood risk listWN6 8PR: not on the flood risk listWN6 8HZ: low flood risk at worstWN6 8JB: high flood risk Shevington Map of every postcode in Shevington, by flood risk Of the 90 postcodes in Shevington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shevington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M6 Shevington
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 88

Of the 90 postcodes in Shevington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 88 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5714, longitude -2.6903. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

WN6 8JB5 at high risk

What is it like to live in Shevington?

Homes sold for a typical £248,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 19.2% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 90 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 90 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Shevington Surgery, 650 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gathurst, 1.4 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 Shevington?

Homes in Shevington sold for a typical £248,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, up 19.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£248,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£208,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 19.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £352,500 12 sales
  • Semi-detached £242,475 46 sales
  • Terraced £191,000 6 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole WN6 district, Shevington's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shevington: 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 Shevington?

None of the 90 postcodes now in use in Shevington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 88 homes sold in Shevington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN6 district, 7%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ShevingtonAcross the WN6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 64 (0%) 4 of 493 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 88 (0%) 44 of 676 (7%)

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 Shevington?

Ofcom reports on 90 of the 90 postcodes in Shevington. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit79 of 90
Postcodes where every home can get superfast85 of 90

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Shevington at risk of flooding?

2 of the 90 postcodes in Shevington 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 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 90 postcodes High: 5Medium: 2Low: 8Very low: 1

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 Shevington?

The open schools at the postcodes in Shevington. 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

Secondary

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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 Shevington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shevington is Gathurst Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Gathurst Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
  • Appley Bridge Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
  • Orrell Rail Station Railway station 4.7 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 Shevington?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Shevington. 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.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Shevington 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 Shevington. 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 postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Shevington?

Council
Wigan
Parliamentary constituency
Wigan
Police force area
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Lisa Nandy (Labour)

All 90 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 Shevington

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Shevington postcodes

90 postcodes in use in Shevington, by district:

WN6 postcode district,90 postcodes

That district is in the WN postcode area.

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Places near Shevington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shevington's £248,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Appley Bridge2.0 km, £247,000Shevington Moor2.4 km, £250,000Standish2.6 km, £245,000Orrell4.2 km, £230,000Wigan4.2 km, £177,250Parbold5.6 km, £316,000Coppull5.9 km, £193,750Skelmersdale6.3 km, £165,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Shevington

What is it like to live in Shevington?
Homes sold for a typical £248,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 19.2% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 90 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 90 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Shevington Surgery, 650 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gathurst, 1.4 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 Shevington?
Shevington is covered by postcode district WN6, across 90 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Shevington in?
Shevington is in the Wigan council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Shevington?
Shevington is in the Wigan parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lisa Nandy (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Shevington?
Homes in Shevington sold for a typical £248,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, up 19.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Shevington?
In Shevington, primary schools at its postcodes include St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School and Millbrook Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Shevington High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Shevington have a railway station?
Yes: Gathurst is 1.4 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Shevington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Shevington?
Ofcom reports on 90 of the 90 postcodes in Shevington. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Shevington at risk of flooding?
2 of the 90 postcodes in Shevington 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 7 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 Shevington?
None of the 90 postcodes now in use in Shevington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 88 homes sold in Shevington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN6 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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