# WA3 2QJ

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.47243, -2.565607
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VFCCM+XQ
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83rl
- **Qibla:** 118.1°
- **Grid reference:** SJ 62554 97447
- **UTM:** 30U 528832 5924914
- **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:** 1990-07

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01006343
- **2021 MSOA:** Lowton (E02001325)
- **2021 output area:** E00032175
- **2011 LSOA:** E01006343
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001325
- **2011 output area:** E00032175
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33006147
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6A3)
- **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 | 3892 |
| Hospital | Leigh Infirmary | 5012 |
| GP | Lowton Surgery | 298 |
| School | St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton | 327 |
| Airport | Manchester Airport | 23383 |
| Bus stop | Chestnut Grove | 122 |
| Food bank | Atherton & Leigh | 3982 |
| Defibrillator | Lowton Social Club | 217 |
| Pharmacy | Rowlands Pharmacy | 215 |
| Post office | Lowton Post Office | 320 |
| Library | Golborne Library | 2065 |
| Coast | — | 16094 |
| Central London | — | 273806 |

## 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 2QF](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202QF)
- [WA3 2NL](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202NL)
- [WA3 2QL](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA3%202QL)

## Boundary

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