# WA3 2AE

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.470702, -2.566141
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VFCCM+7G
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83rl
- **Qibla:** 118.1°
- **Grid reference:** SJ 62517 97255
- **UTM:** 30U 528798 5924721
- **Elevation:** 36m
- **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:** E01006347
- **2021 MSOA:** Lowton Common (E02001326)
- **2021 output area:** E00032141
- **2011 LSOA:** E01006347
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001326
- **2011 output area:** E00032141
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33006151
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 30744
- **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 | 3758 |
| Hospital | Leigh Infirmary | 5174 |
| GP | Lowton Surgery | 354 |
| School | St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton | 291 |
| Airport | Manchester Airport | 23301 |
| Bus stop | Norwood Avenue | 28 |
| Food bank | Atherton & Leigh | 4135 |
| Defibrillator | Lowton Social Club | 252 |
| Pharmacy | Rowlands Pharmacy | 271 |
| Post office | Lowton Post Office | 377 |
| Library | Golborne Library | 2075 |
| Coast | — | 15915 |
| Central London | — | 273676 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WA3 2PF](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202PF)
- [WA3 2AF](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202AF)
- [WA3 2PE](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202PE)
- [WA3 2QN](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202QN)
- [WA3 2QL](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202QL)

## Boundary

A Polygon boundary polygon is available in the [JSON format](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202AE.json).

## Data

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