Wingates

Wingates is covered by postcode district BL5. It is in the Bolton council area, England.

Typical price £175,000 Homes sold in Wingates, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 53 of 63 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wingates, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wingates, by flood risk Of the 67 postcodes in Wingates that ONS places, 67 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wingates. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A6M61 BL5 2BP: not on the flood risk listBL5 3AD: not on the flood risk listBL5 3BE: not on the flood risk listBL5 3BF: not on the flood risk listBL5 3BL: not on the flood risk listBL5 3BR: not on the flood risk listBL5 3BS: not on the flood risk listBL5 3BT: not on the flood risk listBL5 3BW: not on the flood risk listBL5 3FE: not on the flood risk listBL5 3FF: not on the flood risk listBL5 3FN: not on the flood risk listBL5 3FT: not on the flood risk listBL5 3GB: not on the flood risk listBL5 3GY: not on the flood risk listBL5 3HZ: not on the flood risk listBL5 3JJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 3LG: not on the flood risk listBL5 3LJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 3LN: not on the flood risk listBL5 3LP: not on the flood risk listBL5 3NE: not on the flood risk listBL5 3NG: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PA: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PB: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PD: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PE: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PF: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PG: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PH: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PL: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PN: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PP: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PQ: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PR: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PS: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PT: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PU: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PW: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PX: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PY: not on the flood risk listBL5 3PZ: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QA: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QB: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QD: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QE: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QF: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QG: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QH: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QL: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QN: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QQ: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QR: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QT: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QW: not on the flood risk listBL5 3QY: not on the flood risk listBL5 3WG: not on the flood risk listBL5 3XA: not on the flood risk listBL5 3XB: not on the flood risk listBL5 3XE: not on the flood risk listBL5 3XH: not on the flood risk listBL5 3XP: not on the flood risk listBL5 3XU: not on the flood risk listBL5 3XY: not on the flood risk listBL5 3YW: not on the flood risk list Wingates Map of every postcode in Wingates, by flood risk Of the 67 postcodes in Wingates that ONS places, 67 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wingates. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Wingates
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 67

Of the 67 postcodes in Wingates that ONS places, 67 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 53.5599, longitude -2.5267. 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

What is it like to live in Wingates?

Homes sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 63 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 67 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 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Stable Fold Surgery, 850 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Westhoughton, 500 metres 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 Wingates?

Homes in Wingates sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£175,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£175,000
12 months to August 2026
£175,000

■ no change on the 12 months before

Detached 4 sales, too few to price
Semi-detached£177,000 7 sales
Terraced£172,500 18 sales
Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole BL5 district, Wingates's main postcode district: a typical £233,750.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wingates: 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 Wingates?

7 of the 67 postcodes now in use in Wingates came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Wingates were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL5 district, 16%.

The newest postcodes

BL5 3GBsince February 2025BL5 3GYsince February 2022BL5 3HZsince December 2021BL5 3ADsince August 2021BL5 3FTsince June 2021BL5 3FNsince March 2021

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

PeriodIn WingatesAcross the BL5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 33 (0%) 16 of 332 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 35 (0%) 88 of 534 (16%)

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 Wingates?

Ofcom reports on 63 of the 67 postcodes in Wingates. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit53 of 63
Postcodes where every home can get superfast60 of 63
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 63

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.

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

Is Wingates at risk of flooding?

None of the 67 postcodes in Wingates 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, 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 Wingates?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Wingates. 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.

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 Wingates?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wingates is Westhoughton Rail Station, 500 m away in a straight line.

  • Westhoughton Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
  • Horwich Parkway Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Daisy Hill Rail Station Railway station 2.4 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 Wingates?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Wingates. 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 Wingates 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 Wingates. 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 Wingates?

Council
Bolton
Parliamentary constituency
Bolton West
Police force area
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Phil Brickell (Labour)

All 67 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 Wingates

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Wingates postcodes

67 postcodes in use in Wingates, by district:

BL5 postcode district,67 postcodes

That district is in the BL postcode area.

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Places near Wingates

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wingates's £175,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Westhoughton1.6 km, £225,000Aspull3.9 km, £198,000Horwich3.9 km, £212,500Hindley4.0 km, £191,000Atherton4.4 km, £190,000Blackrod4.9 km, £220,000Ince-in-Makerfield5.9 km, £159,000Platt Bridge and Abram6.6 km, £170,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Wingates

What is it like to live in Wingates?
Homes sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 63 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 67 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 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Stable Fold Surgery, 850 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Westhoughton, 500 metres 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 Wingates?
Wingates is covered by postcode district BL5, across 67 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wingates in?
Wingates is in the Bolton council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wingates?
Wingates is in the Bolton West parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Phil Brickell (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wingates?
Homes in Wingates sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wingates?
In Wingates, primary schools at its postcodes include The Gates Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Westhoughton High School, 1.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wingates have a railway station?
Yes: Westhoughton is 500 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wingates, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wingates?
Ofcom reports on 63 of the 67 postcodes in Wingates. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wingates at risk of flooding?
None of the 67 postcodes in Wingates 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Wingates?
7 of the 67 postcodes now in use in Wingates came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Wingates were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL5 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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