Standish
Standish is covered by postcode districts WN1 and WN6. It is in the Wigan council area, England.
Every postcode in Standish, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 13
- Some can get gigabit: 29
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 240
- Ofcom gives no figure: 4
Of the 286 postcodes in Standish that ONS places, 13 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 29 have some that can, 240 can all get it and 4 have no Ofcom figure.
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 53.5853, longitude -2.6584. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 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.
What is it like to live in Standish?
Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 240 of the 282 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 286 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gathurst, 3.7 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 Standish?
Homes in Standish sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 135 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £260,000 from 209 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £393,000 49 sales
- Semi-detached £225,000 47 sales
- Terraced £171,500 24 sales
- Flat or maisonette £120,000 15 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WN6 district, Standish's main postcode district: a typical £218,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Standish: 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 Standish?
25 of the 286 postcodes now in use in Standish came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 209 homes sold in Standish were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN6 district, 5%.
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 Standish | Across the WN6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 1 of 135 (Under 1%) | 3 of 467 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 209 (0%) | 32 of 686 (5%) |
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 Standish?
Ofcom reports on 282 of the 286 postcodes in Standish. At 240 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 Standish at risk of flooding?
None of the 286 postcodes in Standish is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
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 Standish?
The open schools at the postcodes in Standish. 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 Standish?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Standish is Gathurst Rail Station, 3.7 km away in a straight line.
- Gathurst Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
- Appley Bridge Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
- Adlington (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 4.8 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 Standish?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Standish. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Standish Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01257 421909 150 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Standish 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 Standish. 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 Standish?
- Council
- Wigan
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wigan
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Lisa Nandy (Labour)
All 286 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 Standish
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 Standish
- 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
Standish postcodes
286 postcodes in use in Standish, by district:
Those districts are all in the 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 Standish
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Standish's £235,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Standish
- What is the postcode for Standish?
- Postcode districts WN1 and WN6, with 286 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Standish in?
- Wigan. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Standish?
- Lisa Nandy (Labour), for Wigan. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Standish?
- A typical £235,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 135 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Standish?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy, Wood Fold Primary School and St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish; secondary schools at its postcodes include Standish Community High School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Standish have a railway station?
- The nearest is Gathurst station, 3.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Standish?
- Ofcom reports on 282 of the 286 postcodes in Standish. At 240 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Standish at risk of flooding?
- None of the 286 postcodes in Standish is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Standish?
- 25 of the 286 postcodes now in use in Standish came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 209 homes sold in Standish were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WN6 district, 5%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- 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 public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is 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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