WN2 2 postcode sector in the WN2 district

WN2 2 is a sector of the WN2 district: every postcode that starts WN2 2. It has 220 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the WN2 2 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the WN2 2 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 220 postcodes in the WN2 2 sector that ONS places, 18 are new since 2020 and 202 were in use before 2020. One group of new postcodes is outlined: 14 new postcodes since 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Ince-in-Makerfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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One group of new postcodes is outlined: 14 new postcodes since 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Ince-in-Makerfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ince-in-Makerfield 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined: this goes to WN2 2FQ, the newest of them14 new postcodes since 2020
  • New since 2020: 18
  • In use before 2020: 202
  • Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 220 postcodes in the WN2 2 sector that ONS places, 18 are new since 2020 and 202 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; 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

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

Where the new postcodes lie together

What do homes sell for in WN2 2?

Homes in WN2 2 sold for a typical £172,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 56 sales, down 25.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£172,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£232,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 25.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £260,000 12 sales
  • Semi-detached £171,500 30 sales
  • Terraced £150,000 13 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start WN2 2. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Postcodes in WN2 2

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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