# WN2 5AX

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.519757, -2.600067
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VG99X+WX
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83qm
- **Qibla:** 118.1°
- **Grid reference:** SD 60311 02731
- **UTM:** 30U 526516 5930166
- **Elevation:** 29m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Wigan (E08000010)
- **Ward:** Abram (E05014989)
- **Constituency:** Makerfield (E14001350)
- **Parish code:** E43000164
- **Travel to work area:** E30000284
- **Police force area:** E23000005
- **Built-up area:** E63008332
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 2011-05

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01006215
- **2021 MSOA:** Platt Bridge & Spring View (E02001310)
- **2021 output area:** E00031519
- **2011 LSOA:** E01006215
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001310
- **2011 output area:** E00031519
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33006086
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 1489
- **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 | Ince | 2275 |
| Hospital | Thomas Linacre Centre | 4229 |
| GP | Platt House Surgery | 393 |
| School | Holy Family Catholic Academy | 321 |
| Airport | Liverpool John Lennon Airport | 26384 |
| Bus stop | Sherwood Way | 23 |
| Food bank | Atherton & Leigh | 140 |
| Defibrillator | Platt Bridge Community Zone | 287 |
| Pharmacy | Hawkley Pharmacy | 2806 |
| Post office | Platt Bridge Post Office | 142 |
| Library | Hindley Library and Community Centre | 2141 |
| Coast | — | 19810 |
| Central London | — | 279358 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WN2 5AZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN2%205AZ)
- [WN2 5DD](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN2%205DD)
- [WN2 5FD](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN2%205FD)
- [WN2 5DF](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN2%205DF)
- [WN2 5AJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN2%205AJ)

## Boundary

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