WN postcode area

KML is from Wikidata
Wigan
WN is located in the United Kingdom
WN
WN
Coordinates: 53°32′02″N 2°38′13″W / 53.534°N 2.637°W / 53.534; -2.637
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
WN
Postcode area name
Wigan
Post towns3
Postcode districts8
Postcode sectors35
Postcodes (live)7,149
Postcodes (total)9,152
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The WN postcode area, also known as the Wigan postcode area,[2] is a group of eight postcode districts in North West England, within three post towns. These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester (including Wigan itself and Leigh), plus small parts of West Lancashire (including Skelmersdale) and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside.

  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)