Wigan

20°CCloudy

• Today: 20° / 13° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

275 reported road collisions (2024)

109 killed or seriously injured · 337 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 324 rated 4–5 ★ (219 top)
• 42 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

£195,557 average▲ 6.6% YoY

Across Wigan · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£745 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £541
• 2 bed £698
• 3 bed £836

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.6 km)

24 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 97 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

144 schools · 48,372 pupils

99 primary · 19 secondary · 26 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wigan

257 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices62
• Dentists57
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wigan

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

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

173 applications decided

76.3% granted · 132 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lisa Nandy

Labour

Wigan

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 8

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,208 jobs advertised · £39,984 avg

e.g. Metering Coordinator, Accounts Payable Clerk, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 50% · Imports 16% · Gas 13% · Solar 12%

60 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wigan:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s355 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership344 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth298 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test296 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)