# WA3 1LS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.463581, -2.572283
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VFC7H+C3
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83rl
- **Qibla:** 118.1°
- **Grid reference:** SJ 62103 96466
- **UTM:** 30U 528395 5923927
- **Elevation:** 37m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Wigan (E08000010)
- **Ward:** Lowton East (E05015004)
- **Constituency:** Leigh and Atherton (E14001329)
- **Parish code:** E43000164
- **Travel to work area:** E30000284
- **Police force area:** E23000005
- **Built-up area:** E63008394
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01006348
- **2021 MSOA:** Lowton (E02001325)
- **2021 output area:** E00032145
- **2011 LSOA:** E01006348
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001325
- **2011 output area:** E00032145
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33006146
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 26171
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000014
- **ICB location:** E38000205
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000057
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000032

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Newton-Le-Willows | 3030 |
| Hospital | Leigh Infirmary | 6034 |
| GP | Lowton Surgery | 1182 |
| School | St Luke's CofE Primary School | 841 |
| Airport | Manchester Airport | 23192 |
| Bus stop | Heath Lane | 72 |
| Food bank | St Helens | 4132 |
| Defibrillator | Lowton Social Club | 1096 |
| Pharmacy | Rowlands Pharmacy | 1122 |
| Post office | Lowton Post Office | 1200 |
| Library | Golborne Library | 2095 |
| Coast | — | 15031 |
| Central London | — | 273305 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 87.5% gigabit, 100% superfast, 87.5% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WA3 1LT](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%201LT)
- [WA3 1LR](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%201LR)
- [WA3 1LW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%201LW)
- [WA3 1HS](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%201HS)
- [WA3 1LP](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%201LP)
- [WA3 1JD](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%201JD)

## Boundary

A Polygon boundary polygon is available in the [JSON format](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%201LS.json).

## Data

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