WA3 2JF

a postcode in Wigan

Introduced in January 1980

WA3 2JF	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 2JF

Chester Avenue - 54 properties, USRN 44100690

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.474 / 53°28'26"N

Longitude: -2.5766 / 2°34'35"W

UTM Reference: 30U 528102 5925084

OS Easting: 361825

OS Northing: 397626

OS Grid: SJ618976

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR BXF8.ZD

Mapcode Global: WH985.DY84

Open Location Code: 9C5VFCFF+H9

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83rl03

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): 24477 / 32844

8th decile
less deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for WA3 2JF on Thursday 25 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:14
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:49
Sunrise	04:42
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:12
Sunset	21:43
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:36
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	00:11

Hours of daylight today	04:12 to 22:13
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	22:13 to 04:12
Moon Phase	Waxing Gibbous
Moon Sets	00:29
Moon Rises	16:59

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

Residential Property Sales in WA3 2JF

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
2 February 2023	1 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£175,000
26 September 2022	5 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Leasehold	£177,500
25 September 2020	25 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£165,000
30 November 2018	3 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£177,000
10 September 2018	31 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£370,000
24 August 2018	7 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£150,500
12 April 2018	49 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£340,000
20 January 2017	58 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£250,000
25 November 2016	28 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£220,000
8 January 2016	32 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£213,000
18 September 2015	52 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£199,950
19 June 2015	43 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£177,000
14 November 2014	3 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£130,000
17 February 2014	32 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£215,000
30 September 2011	22 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£165,500
9 September 2011	36 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£205,000
15 April 2011	12 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Leasehold	£133,000
3 March 2011	46 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£185,000
30 July 2010	52 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£195,000
17 October 2008	28 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£205,000
1 October 2008	27 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£165,000
28 February 2008	8 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£90,000
1 August 2007	22 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£145,000
3 August 2006	15 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£165,000
4 June 2004	46 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£188,000
5 March 2004	58 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£179,000
22 January 2004	42 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£171,000
19 April 2002	43 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£108,000
30 November 2001	54 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£129,995
28 September 2001	46 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£115,000
25 May 2001	13 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£69,950
22 December 2000	3 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Leasehold	£59,000
8 November 2000	40 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£95,000
24 September 1999	47 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£72,500
26 July 1999	58 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£84,000
26 March 1999	32 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£79,000
9 October 1998	36 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£76,000
29 May 1998	38 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£77,000
30 March 1998	12 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Leasehold	£55,000
6 March 1998	13 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£54,500
24 October 1997	23 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£70,000
22 July 1997	49 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£99,950
4 July 1997	26 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£89,950
20 June 1997	47 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£65,950
6 June 1997	29 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£81,500
23 May 1997	31 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£77,950
20 May 1997	28 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£85,950
30 April 1997	39 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£78,500
25 April 1997	37 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£86,500
21 March 1997	35 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£79,000
21 March 1997	34 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£82,950
21 March 1997	33 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£84,500
21 March 1997	58 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£75,000
14 March 1997	45 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£78,950
21 February 1997	41 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£83,950
21 February 1997	30 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£76,475
14 February 1997	43 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£64,950
12 February 1997	38 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£71,500
24 January 1997	10 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£49,700
20 December 1996	60 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£102,500
16 December 1996	56 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£63,950
16 December 1996	54 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£80,900
29 November 1996	6 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£39,000
22 November 1996	44 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£102,500
22 November 1996	50 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£82,950
21 November 1996	46 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£79,950
21 November 1996	52 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£76,950
8 November 1996	48 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£77,950
28 October 1996	32 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£74,950
18 October 1996	36 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£82,500
18 October 1996	42 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£82,950
11 October 1996	40 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£79,950
8 November 1995	18 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£53,000
21 June 1995	22 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£57,000
6 January 1995	21 Chester Avenue, Lowton, Warrington WA3 2JF	Detached	Leasehold	£69,600

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 2JF

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 2JF

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00032130		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01006345	Wigan 039D	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02001325	Wigan 039	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
E33006148		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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