Leigh (Wigan)

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• Today: 12° / 8° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:30

9h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

219 reported road collisions (2025)

91 killed or seriously injured · 275 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

436 food businesses within 2 miles

• 284 rated 4–5 ★ (187 top)
• 43 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hag Fold (4.3 km)
• 89 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£194,393 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Wigan · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£746 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £542
• 2 bed £700
• 3 bed £838

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,223 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (2.6 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Leigh Town Centre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms6
• Sports pitches46
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

329,330 residents in Wigan · 1,750/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,073
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,395
• Net moves+2,678

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 102 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,153 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (45% of 153,530)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

146 schools · 48,372 pupils

99 primary · 19 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 51 of 53 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

127 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wigan

259 CQC-registered services

• Care homes61
• GP practices62
• Dentists57
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wigan

• Not in the Green Belt
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

180 applications decided

88.3% granted · 159 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jo Platt

Labour (Co-op)

Leigh and Atherton

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 7

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets12
• Parks & greens110
• Restaurants & cafés78

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£727 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,587 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 148,093 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

76% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 45% · Wind 30% · Gas 13% · Imports 11%

54 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 77.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.1 women · 54.6 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

25 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in WN7

• Old Henry Street Med Ctr
• Brookmill Medical Centre
• Westleigh Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leigh and Atherton:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth328 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 301 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK184 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND146 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants138 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  St Mary the Virgin's Church, Leigh · 0.1 km

  The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is a member of the Salford & Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.…

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  Boar's Head, Leigh · 0.2 km

  The Boar's Head is a Grade II listed public house on Market Place in Leigh, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1900 to designs by local architect Christopher Simpson…

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  Municipal Borough of Leigh · 0.2 km

  The Municipal Borough of Leigh was, from 1899 to 1974, a local government district of the administrative county of Lancashire, England, consisting of the townships of Pennington, Westleigh, Bedford and part of the tow…

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  Leigh Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Leigh Town Hall is a municipal building in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It stands in Civic Square at the junction with Market Street, facing Leigh parish church. It was built in 1907 and granted grade II listed…

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  George and Dragon, Leigh · 0.3 km

  The George and Dragon is a Grade II listed public house on King Street in Leigh, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the mid-17th century, it was later altered in the…

• Westleigh railway station · 0.4 km

  Westleigh or West Leigh was a station in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line. Westleigh was situated within the historic county of Lancashire. Its station opened in 1831 and closed…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)