WN7 postcode area guide — Wigan
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the WN7 postcode district in Wigan — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in WN7
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88%
Gigabit-capable
88%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the WN7 postcode district (Wigan) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,200 postcodes Ofcom measures in WN7, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 88%.
Around 0% of premises in WN7 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in WN7
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| WN7 1AA | 100% | 0% |
| WN7 1AB | 100% | 94.7% |
| WN7 1AG | 100% | 92% |
| WN7 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| WN7 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| WN7 1AP | 100% | 0% |
| WN7 1AQ | 100% | 100% |
| WN7 1AT | 100% | 100% |
| WN7 1AW | 100% | 100% |
| WN7 1AX | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Wigan
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Wigan district (160,721 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
94.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
85.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
96.3%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in WN7
Based on 560 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in WN7 is £165,000, up 6.5% on the previous year (£155,000).
Detached
£305,000
76 sales
Semi-detached
£209,950
176 sales
Terraced
£132,000
258 sales
Flat / maisonette
£110,000
29 sales
Latest recorded sales in WN7
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £200,000 | Semi-detached | Woburn Avenue | WN7 5PE |
| 22 May 2026 | £305,000 | Detached | Green Lane | WN7 2TD |
| 20 May 2026 | £320,000 | Detached | Charlock Close | WN7 3LG |
| 18 May 2026 | £350,000 | Detached | Fairclough Park Drive | WN7 2EN |
| 15 May 2026 | £80,000 | Terraced | Leigh Road | WN7 1QP |
| 15 May 2026 | £262,000 | Semi-detached | Sydney Avenue | WN7 3LT |
| 14 May 2026 | £155,000 | Terraced | Windermere Road | WN7 1UZ |
| 8 May 2026 | £188,000 | Detached | Wraxall Crescent | WN7 5DT |
| 8 May 2026 | £143,000 | Terraced | Hamblett Street | WN7 4TZ |
| 6 May 2026 | £333,000 | Detached | The Avenue | WN7 1HR |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Wigan demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Wigan district (329,330 residents, 143,105 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18.4% |
| 15–29 | 22.6% |
| 30–44 | 19.1% |
| 45–64 | 20.6% |
| 65+ | 19.3% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.4% |
| Private rented | 16.2% |
| Social rented | 3% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around WN7
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,111 | WN7 2LU |
| The Westleigh School | Secondary | 11–16 | 976 | WN7 5NL |
| St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh | Primary | 4–11 | 395 | WN7 2AS |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 375 | WN7 2XG |
| Leigh CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 350 | WN7 1LP |
| Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 331 | WN7 4TP |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh | Primary | 4–11 | 300 | WN7 1UX |
| Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 255 | WN7 3DJ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in WN7
397 rated food businesses operate in WN7. 166 hold the top rating of 5, 96 are rated 4, and 36 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 4 Ways Cafe and Sandwich Bar Ltd, Abbeyfield, Abel & Cole, African Grocers, Aldi.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in WN7
From a sample of 102 Energy Performance Certificates across 6 WN7 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 25% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
1%
Band C
25%
Band D
61%
Band E
12%
Band F
2%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Wigan
Landlines around WN7 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.