# WN6 8BU

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.576665, -2.688347
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VH8G6+MM
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83pn
- **Qibla:** 118.1°
- **Grid reference:** SD 54519 09115
- **UTM:** 30U 520635 5936468
- **Elevation:** 73m
- **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 | 1961 |
| Hospital | Wrightington Hospital | 2116 |
| GP | Shevington Surgery | 786 |
| School | Shevington High School | 466 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 22702 |
| Bus stop | Willowbrook Drive | 101 |
| Food bank | The Brick | 5057 |
| Defibrillator | Millbrook Primary School -On The Gate | 441 |
| Pharmacy | Cohens Chemist | 4232 |
| Post office | Shevington Post Office | 758 |
| Library | Shevington Library | 778 |
| Coast | — | 22100 |
| Central London | — | 287934 |

## 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 8BX](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BX)
- [WN6 8BS](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BS)
- [WN6 8BW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BW)
- [WN6 8BJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208BJ)

## Boundary

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