Wigan

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• Today: 12° / 7° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 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

1 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Douglas · Greater Manchester

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 325 rated 4–5 ★ (223 top)
• 40 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Wigan North Western (0.3 km)
• 76 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 (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (11.6 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: SureStore - Self Storage Wigan (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms6
• Sports pitches63
• Playgrounds18

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
• 119 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

Lisa Nandy

Labour

Wigan

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 7

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés76

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,077 jobs advertised · £41,350 avg

e.g. Consultant Psychiatrist- Eating Disorders, Consultant Psychiatrist, MOT Tester

Source: Adzuna

£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

15 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in WN3

• Zaman
• Kumar Family Practice
• Saxena L

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wigan:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth298 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK180 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals141 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 138 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND129 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Trencherfield Mill · 0.2 km

  Trencherfield Mill is a cotton spinning mill standing next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1907. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 19…

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  Wigan Pier · 0.2 km

  Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside ple…

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  Swan and Railway Hotel · 0.2 km

  The Swan and Railway Hotel is a Grade II listed public house on Wallgate in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1898 for Walkers of Warrington to designs by W. E. V. Crompton, it was first operated as a hotel…

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  Wigan Wallgate railway station · 0.3 km

  Wigan Wallgate is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan North Western, which is 100 metres (110 yd) away across the street named Wallgate. The…

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  Wigan North Western railway station · 0.3 km

  Wigan North Western is one of two railway stations that serve the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan Wallgate, 110 yards (100 m) away. It lies on the West Coast Main Line between…

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  Clarence Hotel, Wigan · 0.4 km

  The Clarence Hotel, which currently trades as Harry's Bar, is a Grade II listed public house on Wallgate in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1898 and designed by W. E. V. Crompton, it has served both as a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)