# WN6 8BS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.576025, -2.688548
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VH8G6+CH
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83pn
- **Qibla:** 118.1°
- **Grid reference:** SD 54505 09044
- **UTM:** 30U 520622 5936396
- **Elevation:** 71m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Wigan (E08000010)
- **Ward:** Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor (E05015007)
- **Constituency:** Wigan (E14001585)
- **Parish code:** E04000014
- **Travel to work area:** E30000284
- **Police force area:** E23000005
- **Built-up area:** E63008236
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01006318
- **2021 MSOA:** Shevington (E02001289)
- **2021 output area:** E00032034
- **2011 LSOA:** E01006318
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001289
- **2011 output area:** E00032034
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33005990
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 25146
- **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 | Gathurst | 1889 |
| Hospital | Wrightington Hospital | 2157 |
| GP | Shevington Surgery | 750 |
| School | Millbrook Primary School | 431 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 22753 |
| Bus stop | Old Lane | 106 |
| Food bank | The Brick | 5024 |
| Defibrillator | Millbrook Primary School -On The Gate | 422 |
| Pharmacy | Cohens Chemist | 4159 |
| Post office | Shevington Post Office | 691 |
| Library | Shevington Library | 710 |
| Coast | — | 22144 |
| Central London | — | 287886 |

## 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

- [WN6 8BU](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BU)
- [WN6 8BH](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BH)
- [WN6 8BT](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BT)
- [WN6 8BJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BJ)
- [WN6 8BW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BW)

## Boundary

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## Data

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