# WN6 8RN

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.562536, -2.642749
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VH974+2W
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83qn
- **Qibla:** 118.1°
- **Grid reference:** SD 57524 07515
- **UTM:** 30U 523662 5934910
- **Elevation:** 58m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Wigan (E08000010)
- **Ward:** Wigan West (E05015011)
- **Constituency:** Wigan (E14001585)
- **Parish code:** E43000164
- **Travel to work area:** E30000284
- **Police force area:** E23000005
- **Built-up area:** E63008282
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1991-09

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01006260
- **2021 MSOA:** Beech Hill (E02001291)
- **2021 output area:** E00031706
- **2011 LSOA:** E01006260
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001291
- **2011 output area:** E00031706
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33006000
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8A1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 6683
- **Postcode user type:** Large

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000014
- **ICB location:** E38000205
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000057
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000032

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Wigan Wallgate | 2000 |
| Hospital | Royal Albert Edward Infirmary | 1047 |
| GP | Beech Hill Medical Practice | 771 |
| School | Beech Hill Community Primary School | 621 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 25747 |
| Bus stop | Rose Avenue | 185 |
| Food bank | The Brick | 1826 |
| Defibrillator | Beech Hill | 56 |
| Pharmacy | Hollowood Chemist | 1763 |
| Post office | Beech Hill Post Office | 446 |
| Library | Book-Cycle Beech Hill | 684 |
| Coast | — | 23736 |
| Central London | — | 284846 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WN6 8QN](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208QN)
- [WN6 8RL](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208RL)
- [WN6 8RJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208RJ)
- [WN1 2QH](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN1%202QH)
- [WN6 8QW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN6%208QW)
- [WN1 2PB](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN1%202PB)
- [WN1 2QJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN1%202QJ)
- [WN1 2LT](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN1%202LT)
- [WN1 2PY](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN1%202PY)

## Boundary

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