WN4 8 postcode sector in the WN4 district

WN4 8 is a sector of the WN4 district: every postcode that starts WN4 8. It has 180 postcodes in use, 3 of them large-user postcodes. 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 WN4 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the WN4 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 180 postcodes in the WN4 8 sector that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 171 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Ashton-in-Makerfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A58 WN4 8AB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AD: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AJ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AL: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AN: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AR: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AS: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AX: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AY: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AZ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BJ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BN: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BQ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BS: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BX: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BY: not on the flood risk listWN4 8BZ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DF: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DL: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DN: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DQ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8DY: not on the flood risk listWN4 8EB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8ED: not on the flood risk listWN4 8EE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8EF: not on the flood risk listWN4 8EG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LJ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LL: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LN: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8LX: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PD: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PF: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PJ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PL: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PQ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PR: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PS: not on the flood risk listWN4 8PT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QD: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QR: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QS: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QX: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QY: not on the flood risk listWN4 8QZ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RQ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RR: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RS: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RX: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RY: not on the flood risk listWN4 8RZ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SD: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SF: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SJ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SL: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SN: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SQ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SR: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SS: not on the flood risk listWN4 8ST: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SX: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SY: not on the flood risk listWN4 8SZ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TD: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TF: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TJ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TL: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TN: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TQ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TR: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TS: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TX: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TY: not on the flood risk listWN4 8TZ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UD: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UF: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UN: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UQ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8UW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8WA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8WB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XB: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XD: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XF: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XH: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XJ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XL: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XN: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XP: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XQ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XR: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XS: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XT: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XU: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XW: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XX: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XY: not on the flood risk listWN4 8XZ: not on the flood risk listWN4 8YA: not on the flood risk listWN4 8YE: not on the flood risk listWN4 8YF: not on the flood risk listWN4 8YG: not on the flood risk listWN4 8AF: low flood risk at worstWN4 8BD: low flood risk at worstWN4 8BE: low flood risk at worstWN4 8BG: low flood risk at worstWN4 8LD: low flood risk at worstWN4 8LG: low flood risk at worstWN4 8AA: high flood riskWN4 8PA: high flood riskWN4 8QQ: high flood risk Ashton-in-Makerfield Map of every postcode in the WN4 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 180 postcodes in the WN4 8 sector that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 171 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Ashton-in-Makerfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ashton-in-Makerfield
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 171

Of the 180 postcodes in the WN4 8 sector that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 171 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. 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; 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.

WN4 8PA3 at high riskWN4 8QQ2 at high riskWN4 8AA1 at high risk

2 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

WN4 8DDWN4 8YB

What do homes sell for in WN4 8?

Homes in WN4 8 sold for a typical £202,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 88 sales, down 8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£202,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£220,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £315,000 21 sales
  • Semi-detached £197,000 55 sales
  • Terraced £138,000 11 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 WN4 8. 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 WN4 8

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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