WN3 6BZ

a postcode in Wigan

Introduced in June 2000

WN3 6BZ	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 WN3 6BZ

Foundry Lane - 34 properties, USRN 44120484

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.5275 / 53°31'39"N

Longitude: -2.667 / 2°40'1"W

UTM Reference: 30U 522073 5931008

OS Easting: 355880

OS Northing: 403635

OS Grid: SD558036

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 9WTN.D6

Mapcode Global: WH97Y.0L8L

Open Location Code: 9C5VG8HM+25

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83pm96

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

major urban conurbation
a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 1c2

Retired Professionals
Established Mature Families
Burgeoning Mature Families

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 26320 / 32844

9th decile
much less deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for WN3 6BZ on Wednesday 29 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	03:34
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	04:37
Sunrise	05:21
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:17
Sunset	21:12
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	21:57
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:00

Hours of daylight today	04:51 to 21:42
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	21:42 to 04:53
Moon Phase	Full Moon
Moon Sets	03:38
Moon Rises	20:24

For a full sun and moon calendar for WN3 6BZ, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in WN3 6BZ

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
6 October 2023	76 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£295,000
22 April 2021	48 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Other property type	Freehold	£2,310
5 February 2021	88 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£215,000
1 December 2017	78 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£247,000
4 July 2016	60 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£192,500
12 February 2016	92 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£160,000
14 December 2015	42 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£159,000
14 December 2015	32 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£216,000
25 June 2015	82 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£220,000
1 May 2015	68 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£164,000
27 June 2014	54a Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£155,000
17 January 2012	88 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£136,000
16 December 2011	78 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£208,000
19 August 2011	80 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£225,000
28 May 2010	82 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£209,200
9 December 2009	92 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£150,000
20 February 2009	92 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£160,000
21 December 2007	50 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£235,000
27 July 2007	90 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£187,000
22 June 2007	36 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£187,950
4 June 2007	42 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£180,000
22 January 2007	66 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£171,250
7 April 2006	86 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£175,000
14 October 2005	62 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£155,000
7 October 2005	58 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£192,500
23 September 2005	54a Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£160,000
29 April 2005	42 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£149,950
23 April 2004	52 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£164,000
27 June 2003	64 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£120,000
26 September 2002	30 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£125,000
21 June 2002	40 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£89,950
30 April 2002	46 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Freehold	£118,000
15 March 2002	48 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£118,000
17 September 2001	86a Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£88,450
7 September 2001	92 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£87,450
31 August 2001	90 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£89,950
30 July 2001	88 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£87,950
12 July 2001	68 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£89,950
3 July 2001	58 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£132,950
20 April 2001	66 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£86,950
12 April 2001	64 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£85,950
6 April 2001	80 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£114,950
6 April 2001	76 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£101,950
30 March 2001	84 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£115,450
16 March 2001	86 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£82,950
28 February 2001	60 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£99,950
16 February 2001	44 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£111,950
12 January 2001	30 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£94,950
21 December 2000	62 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£81,950
1 December 2000	32 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£125,950
24 November 2000	70 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£99,950
10 November 2000	82 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£113,950
27 October 2000	46 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Freehold	£99,300
29 September 2000	54 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£113,950
13 September 2000	78 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£110,950
25 August 2000	72 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£80,950
24 July 2000	74 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£109,950
19 May 2000	48 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£107,950
16 May 2000	52 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£98,950
20 April 2000	54a Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£77,950
31 March 2000	38 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£110,950
24 March 2000	34 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£96,450
2 February 2000	56 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£76,950
17 December 1999	42 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£76,450
26 November 1999	36 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£73,950
26 November 1999	40 Foundry Lane, Wigan WN3 6BZ	Detached	Leasehold	£73,950

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 WN3 6BZ

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Makerfield

MP

Josh Simons Labour

Wigan Borough Council

Metropolitan district ward

Winstanley

Councillors

Paul Kenny Labour

Marie Morgan Labour

Clive Morgan Labour

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for WN3 6BZ

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00032445		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E00181415		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	21 March 2021	ONS
E01006400	Wigan 021D	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02001307	Wigan 021	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E05015012	Winstanley	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
E14001350	Makerfield	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
E33006070		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
E63008282	Wigan	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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