WN6 0FL postcode in Wigan, England
WN6 0FL is a postcode in Wigan, in the Standish with Langtree ward. It is in the Wigan parliamentary constituency and the Greater Manchester police force area, and has been in use since May 2024.
Where WN6 0FL is, and what is near it
- WN6 0FL
- Other postcodes in WN6 0: press one for its page
- 4 schools
- 2 railway stations
- 3 GP practices
- 2 bus stops
- Further out, with the distance
Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.5903, longitude -2.6445)
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
Who looks after WN6 0FL?
- WiganCouncil, for all local services Wigan: bins, council tax, planning
- Council tax bandSet for each home, not for a postcode. The bands and a year's charge around WN6 0FL Check a council tax band on GOV.UK
- Greater ManchesterPolice force area
- WiganParliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lisa Nandy (Labour), as Parliament lists them. Contact Lisa Nandy
ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.
Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
What broadband can you get at WN6 0FL?
Every home and business at WN6 0FL can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.
Share of homes and businesses that can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
When are the bins collected at WN6 0FL?
BinDayBuddy has not read Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council's days for WN6 0FL today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.
Check the bin days for WN6 0FL on BinDayBuddySource: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it
Is WN6 0FL at risk of flooding?
From rivers and the sea, long term
The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include WN6 0FL.
Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
From surface water, across Wigan
The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for WN6 0FL: 4,872 properties in Wigan are at high risk (2.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Wigan
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Flood warnings
The centre of WN6 0FL is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.
Sign up for flood warnings, free, on GOV.UK Check flood risk at another postcodeSource: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these
What do homes sell for near WN6 0FL?
Homes in WN6 0 sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 191 sales, down 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £370,000 77 sales
- Semi-detached £232,000 69 sales
- Terraced £161,500 32 sales
- Flat or maisonette £120,000 13 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WN6 district: a typical £220,000 from 493 sales.
How we work this out: house prices by postcodeSource: 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
Homes sold in WN6 0FL
HM Land Registry records 46 standard sales of homes in WN6 0FL from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 8 June 2026. The middle price was £259,950, from £119,975 to £469,950. Across WN6 0, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £250,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.
- £302,00049 North Union Drive
- £265,00050 North Union Drive
- £409,95024 North Union Drive
- £335,95026 North Union Drive
- £334,95028 North Union Drive
- £262,95040 North Union Drive
- £246,95092 North Union Drive
- £244,95088 North Union Drive
Show the other 38 sales
- £284,95059 North Union Drive
- £284,95061 North Union Drive
- £279,95055 North Union Drive
- £279,95057 North Union Drive
- £248,95047 North Union Drive
- £249,95045 North Union Drive
- £289,95049 North Union Drive
- £260,95039 North Union Drive
- £246,95043 North Union Drive
- £248,95041 North Union Drive
- £260,95072 North Union Drive
- £245,95070 North Union Drive
- £119,97574 North Union Drive
- £245,95037 North Union Drive
- £242,95012 North Union Drive
- £273,95033 North Union Drive
- £274,95035 North Union Drive
- £245,95046 North Union Drive
- £258,95050 North Union Drive
- £243,95048 North Union Drive
- £243,95042 North Union Drive
- £242,95044 North Union Drive
- £270,95031 North Union Drive
- £269,95029 North Union Drive
- £469,9501 North Union Drive
- £236,9509 North Union Drive
- £242,95021 North Union Drive
- £241,95023 North Union Drive
- £289,95010 North Union Drive
- £314,95019 North Union Drive
- £269,95017 North Union Drive
- £279,9508 North Union Drive
- £236,95011 North Union Drive
- £256,95015 North Union Drive
- £236,9507 North Union Drive
- £389,9503 North Union Drive
- £236,9505 North Union Drive
- £254,95014 North Union Drive
Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.
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
What council tax band are homes near WN6 0FL?
The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,020 homes in the neighbourhood around WN6 0FL. The largest share of them, 27%, are in council tax band C. More were built in 2020 or later than in any other period (26%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.
Council tax bands, and a year's council tax
Band D in Wigan for 2026‑27: £2,153. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,435 (band A) to £3,588 (band G); band C, the most common, is £1,913.
| Band | Homes around here | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | about 100 (10%) | £1,435 |
| Band B | about 180 (18%) | £1,674 |
| Band C | about 280 (27%) | £1,913 |
| Band D | about 140 (14%) | £2,153 |
| Band E | about 280 (27%) | £2,631 |
| Band F | about 30 (3%) | £3,109 |
| Band G | about 10 (1%) | £3,588 |
| Band H | fewer than 5 | £4,305 |
When the homes were built
- 3% Before 1900
- 9% 1900 to 1918
- None 1919 to 1939
- 16% 1945 to 1964
- 4% 1965 to 1982
- 23% 1983 to 1999
- 6% 2000 to 2009
- 14% 2010 to 2019
- 26% 2020 or later
1919 to 1939: none of the homes the VOA counts here.
Averages for Wigan before discounts, not any one home's bill.
Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of WN6 0FL is in (ONS area E01006237), rounded by the VOA.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are near WN6 0FL?
The nearest open schools to WN6 0FL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.
Primary
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
Where is the nearest station to WN6 0FL?
The nearest railway station to the centre of WN6 0FL is Adlington (Lancs) Rail Station, 3.7 km away in a straight line.
- Adlington (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
- Gathurst 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.
2 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest The Owls, 329 m away.
More stations near WN6 0FL, and how we find themSource: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are near WN6 0FL?
The nearest GP practices to the centre of WN6 0FL, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.
- Standish Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01257 421909 1.2 kmCycle
- Coppull Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01257 791216 3.5 kmCycle
- Beech Hill Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 807807 3.9 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Where can I charge an electric car near WN6 0FL?
OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of WN6 0FL on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.
See more chargers on Open Charge MapSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it
Which dentists are near WN6 0FL?
The nearest to the centre of WN6 0FL, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.
- Standish Dental Practice Phone 01257 422114 1.2 kmWalk
- Circ Dental Phone 01257 733633 1.3 kmCycle
- Adlington Dental Practice Phone 01257 481226 3.5 kmCycle
Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it
Which hospitals are nearest to WN6 0FL?
The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.
- Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01942 244000 3.8 kmCycle
- Wrightington Hospital Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 244000 4.4 kmCycle
Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.
Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it
Which care homes are near WN6 0FL?
The nearest care homes to the centre of WN6 0FL, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.
- Lakeside Nursing & Residential Home Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01257 422931 700 mWalk
- Worthington Lake Care Home Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01257 424927 700 mWalk
- Langtree Care Home Phone 01257 822442 700 mWalk
Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it
Which pharmacies are near WN6 0FL?
The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of WN6 0FL, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.
- Cohens Chemist, 47a High Street Mon and Tue 9am to 6pm; Wed 9am to 5pm; Thu and Fri 9am to 6pm; Sat and Sun closed · Phone 01257 422574 1.3 kmCycle
- Standish Pharmacy Mon to Fri 9am to 5:30pm; Sat 9am to 1pm; Sun closed · Phone 01257 421220 1.4 kmCycle
- Evergreen Pharmacy Mon to Fri 9am to 1pm, 1:30pm to 6pm; Sat and Sun closed · Phone 01257 482868 3.5 kmCycle
Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.
Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which vets are near WN6 0FL?
The nearest vets to the centre of WN6 0FL on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.
- Medivet Standish 1.7 kmCycle
- Adlington Veterinary Centrre 4.3 kmCycle
- Anrich Vets 5.4 kmDrive
OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it
Is WN6 0FL in a conservation area?
The centre of WN6 0FL is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.
Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much crime is there near WN6 0FL?
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 WN6 0FL. 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.
Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 monthsSource: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
The official record for WN6 0FL
- Ward
- Standish with Langtree
- Parish
- Not in a parish
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Rural or urban
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- In use since
- May 2024
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Where to check what we do not hold
- Crime and local policing: Find your area on Police.uk
- Food hygiene ratings: Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency
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