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Property report — WN2 3BU
Open-data due diligence for WN2 3BU and the area around it.
WN2 3BU in brief: 42 recorded sales (£22,500–£6,136,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for WN2 3BU itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the WN2 3 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£148,874
Population
17,984
Crimes recorded
2
Schools
8
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
94%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in WN2 3, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (48 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-26 | £88,500 | 194 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2025-05-27 | £150,500 | 165 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2025-05-02 | £134,000 | 184 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2025-01-23 | £110,000 | 202 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2022-12-21 | £450,000 | 208 WIGAN ROAD | Other |
| 2022-09-23 | £93,000 | 204 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2022-09-09 | £130,000 | 178 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2022-05-13 | £110,000 | 161 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2021-12-01 | £108,000 | 196 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2021-06-28 | £100,000 | 202 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2021-05-21 | £245,000 | 174 WIGAN ROAD | Other |
| 2021-01-18 | £82,000 | 196 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2019-09-06 | £6,136,000 | 206 WIGAN ROAD | Other |
| 2018-06-12 | £150,000 | 174 WIGAN ROAD | Other |
| 2015-12-18 | £225,000 | 208 WIGAN ROAD | Other |
| 2015-10-30 | £101,000 | 165 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2013-04-30 | £65,000 | 196 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2012-09-07 | £136,000 | 167A WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2010-07-23 | £95,000 | 165 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2009-07-21 | £87,000 | 165 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2008-10-31 | £84,500 | 202 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2007-12-19 | £77,000 | 194 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2007-09-28 | £135,000 | 167A WIGAN ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2007-09-28 | £135,000 | 167A WIGAN ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2006-01-06 | £196,775 | 174 WIGAN ROAD | Detached |
| 2005-05-20 | £66,000 | 204 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2004-06-25 | £79,250 | 165 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2004-01-09 | £52,000 | 204 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2003-10-03 | £33,000 | 204 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2003-01-24 | £37,500 | 200 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2003-01-24 | £34,000 | 182 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2002-05-31 | £42,000 | 169 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2001-08-21 | £208,288 | 174 WIGAN ROAD | Detached |
| 2000-11-17 | £31,000 | 180 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2000-08-11 | £34,500 | 163 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 2000-07-28 | £24,000 | 192 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 1999-08-27 | £33,000 | 165 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 1999-04-14 | £29,500 | 202 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 1998-11-11 | £30,000 | 174 WIGAN ROAD | Detached |
| 1998-08-18 | £22,500 | 184 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 1998-07-24 | £32,000 | 190 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
| 1997-01-31 | £28,000 | 198 WIGAN ROAD | Terraced |
42 recorded sales on WN2 3BU. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley | 0.2 mi | Primary | Good (2022) |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley | 0.3 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Ince CofE Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Hindley Junior and Infant School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| St William's Catholic Primary School | 0.8 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School | 0.9 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: DR TUN & PARTNERS (0.4 mi) · PENNYGATE MEDICAL CENTRE (0.6 mi) · INCE SURGERY (1.0 mi)
Nearest hospitals: BEAUMONT HOSPITAL (4.7 mi) · THE BEAUMONT HOSPITAL (4.7 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: CHURCH OF ST PETER (Grade II) (0.4 mi) · Deep Pit railway footbridge WBS/24, including brick piers, northern setted access path and southern access ramp (Grade II) (0.5 mi) · HINDLEY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (Grade II) (0.5 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: TRAYNERS CHEMIST (0.4 mi) · HINDLEY PHARMACY (0.4 mi) · WELL (0.6 mi)
Nearest stations: Hindley (0.7 mi) · Ince (Manchester) (0.9 mi) · Wigan North Western (1.9 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Tesco Extra (0.4 mi) · Asda (0.5 mi) · Spar (1.1 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 40
- One-person households
- 32%
- Households with children
- 30%
- Households
- 7,653
Owned 62% · Social rent 19% · Private rent 19%
Census 2021 (ONS), for WN2 3.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in WN2 3 (Oct 24–Apr 26, average 1/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for WN2 3BU in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictWN2 | SectorWN2 3 | PostcodeWN2 3BU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £185,014 | £148,874 | £243,829 |
| Population | 68,916 | 17,984 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 4/10 | 4/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 2 | 2 | — |
| Schools | 26 | 8 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 93% | 94% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 98% | 99% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (WN2 3); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 2 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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