# WA3 2GU

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.473915, -2.574712
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VFCFG+H4
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83rl
- **Qibla:** 118.1°
- **Grid reference:** SJ 61951 97617
- **UTM:** 30U 528227 5925075
- **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:** 1996-12

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01006343
- **2021 MSOA:** Lowton (E02001325)
- **2021 output area:** E00032172
- **2011 LSOA:** E01006343
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001325
- **2011 output area:** E00032172
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33006148
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6A2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 31694
- **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 | 3517 |
| Hospital | Leigh Infirmary | 5347 |
| GP | Braithwaite Road Surgery | 391 |
| School | St Luke's CofE Primary School | 325 |
| Airport | Liverpool John Lennon Airport | 23900 |
| Bus stop | Braithwaite Road | 166 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 4317 |
| Defibrillator | Church Lane Community Centre | 438 |
| Pharmacy | Cohens Chemist | 299 |
| Post office | Church Lane Post Office | 449 |
| Library | Golborne Library | 1443 |
| Coast | — | 15909 |
| Central London | — | 274307 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 96.8% gigabit, 100% superfast, 96.8% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WA3 2GR](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202GR)
- [WA3 2GA](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202GA)
- [WA3 2GJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202GJ)
- [WA3 2GX](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202GX)
- [WA3 2PS](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202PS)
- [WA3 2GT](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202GT)
- [WA3 2GW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202GW)

## Boundary

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

## Data

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