WA3 2GG

a postcode in Wigan

Introduced in December 1997

WA3 2GG	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with WA3 2GG

Whinchat Close - 41 properties, USRN 44120537

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.473 / 53°28'22"N

Longitude: -2.5711 / 2°34'15"W

UTM Reference: 30U 528471 5924979

OS Easting: 362193

OS Northing: 397517

OS Grid: SJ621975

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR BXH8.5R

Mapcode Global: WH985.GYXW

Open Location Code: 9C5VFCFH+6H

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83rl13

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

major urban conurbation
a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 1b1

Retired Professionals
Small Town Suburbia
Younger Established Suburban Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 30744 / 32844

10th decile
least deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for WA3 2GG on Sunday 28 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:18
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:51
Sunrise	04:44
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:13
Sunset	21:43
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:35
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	00:08

Hours of daylight today	04:14 to 22:13
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	22:13 to 04:14
Moon Phase	Waxing Gibbous
Moon Sets	01:37
Moon Rises	20:23

For a full sun and moon calendar for WA3 2GG, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in WA3 2GG

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
2 December 2020	51 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£290,000
11 November 2020	25 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£244,000
14 October 2020	27 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£269,950
3 August 2020	30 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£302,500
19 February 2020	10 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£260,000
30 August 2019	24 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£325,000
18 February 2019	21 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£251,500
1 July 2016	23 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£173,000
12 October 2015	45 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£293,500
5 June 2014	21 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£211,000
11 September 2013	3 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Leasehold	£250,000
3 August 2012	23 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£170,000
24 February 2011	12 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£207,000
29 October 2010	12 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£215,000
9 April 2010	30 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£223,500
19 February 2010	41 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£205,000
27 November 2009	22 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£210,000
29 October 2009	31 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£249,950
21 January 2008	24 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£225,000
13 July 2007	45 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£273,000
11 May 2007	15 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£207,000
5 January 2007	49 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£249,950
22 September 2006	43 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£235,000
30 March 2006	25 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£175,000
10 June 2005	23 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£168,500
11 February 2005	3 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Leasehold	£282,500
25 June 2004	21 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£196,000
12 March 2004	41 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£190,000
19 December 2003	33 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£207,000
14 October 2003	49 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£188,500
10 October 2003	25 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£160,000
4 July 2003	55 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£173,500
20 January 2003	43 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£173,000
22 February 2002	51 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£136,000
23 October 2001	31 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£136,950
3 October 2001	29 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£110,950
17 August 2001	35 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£105,950
17 August 2001	37 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£115,950
16 August 2001	33 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£128,950
26 January 2001	17 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£108,500
8 November 2000	12 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£102,000
13 October 2000	3 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Leasehold	£141,000
26 May 2000	53 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£95,450
19 May 2000	57 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£112,500
12 May 2000	30 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£99,950
28 April 2000	26 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£114,000
28 April 2000	28 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£94,000
31 March 2000	55 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£101,000
24 March 2000	51 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£98,950
16 March 2000	49 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£113,500
10 March 2000	47 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£87,950
3 March 2000	45 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£120,000
18 February 2000	43 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£113,000
9 February 2000	41 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£99,950
4 February 2000	39 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£86,000
22 December 1999	18 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£93,000
17 December 1999	24 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£117,500
17 December 1999	22 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£88,000
17 December 1999	20 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£93,950
16 December 1999	27 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£89,950
3 December 1999	21 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£92,000
3 December 1999	16 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£111,000
30 November 1999	25 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£76,950
12 November 1999	23 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£74,500
22 October 1999	15 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£91,000
22 October 1999	19 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£81,950
15 October 1999	17 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£89,950
24 September 1999	12 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£66,450
17 September 1999	11 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£80,950
17 September 1999	14 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£89,450
10 September 1999	9 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£88,950
27 August 1999	7 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£91,500
20 August 1999	8 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£73,500
20 August 1999	10 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Freehold	£87,950
20 February 1998	1 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Leasehold	£82,500
23 December 1997	5 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Leasehold	£87,500
17 December 1997	3 Whinchat Close, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2GG	Detached	Leasehold	£92,500

Key to property sale icons:

	First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
	Subsequent sale of existing property.
	Standard sale at market value to private individual.
	Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for WA3 2GG

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Leigh and Atherton

MP

Jo Platt Labour/Co-operative

Wigan Borough Council

Metropolitan district ward

Lowton East

Councillors

Jenny Gregory Labour

Garry Lloyd Labour

Mike Smith Labour

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for WA3 2GG

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00032131		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01006347	Wigan 040E	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02001326	Wigan 040	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E05015004	Lowton East	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	4 May 2023	DLUHC
E08000010	Wigan	Metropolitan Districts	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E12000002	North West	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001329	Leigh and Atherton	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000005	Greater Manchester	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000284	Warrington and Wigan	Travel to Work Areas	Other	31 July 2015	ONS
E33006151		Workplace Zones	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E37000015	Greater Manchester	Local Enterprise Partnerships	Other	28 October 2010	BEIS
E38000205	NHS Wigan Borough CCG	Sub Integrated Care Board Locations	Health	1 April 2020	ODS
E40000010	North West	NHS England Regions	Health	1 April 2019	ODS
E43000164	Wigan, unparished area	Non-Civil Parished Areas	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E54000057	NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 April 2024	ODS
E56000032	Greater Manchester	Cancer Alliances	Health	1 July 2023	NHS England
E63008394	Golborne	Built Up Areas	Census	17 April 2024	OS
E65000001	England Non-National Park Area	England Non-National Park Area	Census	27 February 2023	ONS
E92000001	England	Country	Administrative	1 January 2009	ONS

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