WN6Wigan, England

House prices in WN6, Wigan

Homes in WN6 sold for a median of £218,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 1,169 standard sales.

It is the second most expensive of the 9 postcode districts in the Wigan council area with at least 100 sales.

Median sale price£218,0001,169 standard sales
Middle half of prices£165,000 to £295,000
Against the Wigan council area9% aboveWigan median £200,000

Prices by property type

Standard sales in WN6, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached333£355,000£295,000 to £440,000Too few
Semi-detached500£218,000£183,000 to £258,000Too few
Terraced295£153,000£130,000 to £180,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes41£129,000£109,000 to £168,000Too few

Only 36 sales here are linked to an energy certificate with a floor area, so treat the per m² figures as a rough guide.

Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold here, at 43% of sales, ahead of detached houses at 29%.

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Where prices are higher in WN6

Of the postcode sectors with at least 20 standard sales, prices were highest in WN6 9, around Appley Bridge, with a median of £260,000, and lowest in WN6 7, around Wigan, at £160,500. Dashed outlines on the map show roughly where the two sectors are.

Each dot is a postcode in WN6 with at least 3 standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026, shaded by the median price of those sales. Select a dot for its median and a link to its sales, or use the list below the map.

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Each dot sits at the centre of its postcode, so it marks a street or part of one, not a single home. Medians mix all types of home, so a street of flats looks cheaper than a street of houses.
List the 180 postcodes on the map, dearest first
Median price of standard sales by postcode in WN6, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first
PostcodeMedian priceStandard sales
WN6 9SH£685,0003
WN6 9LN£570,0003
WN6 0AJ£547,5004
WN6 0EJ£525,0003
WN6 9RD£442,5004
WN6 0GQ£430,0003
WN6 8HS£429,0005
WN6 9AZ£425,0003
WN6 9ET£424,0008
WN6 0WF£417,5004
WN6 0UZ£413,0006
WN6 0GP£410,0003
WN6 0US£410,0003
WN6 0ZT£410,0003
WN6 0FD£387,0006
WN6 0AH£361,0003
WN6 0BH£360,0003
WN6 0UQ£360,0003
WN6 0XR£359,0004
WN6 0NB£355,0003
WN6 0FQ£351,00012
WN6 0GN£345,0004
WN6 8LJ£345,0003
WN6 0GU£342,5004
WN6 0TT£340,0003
WN6 0XU£325,0003
WN6 7HG£325,0003
WN6 8EW£323,0003
WN6 8LW£321,0006
WN6 0ZG£320,00010
WN6 8LL£318,0003
WN6 0TF£315,0006
WN6 8DQ£310,0003
WN6 8HW£307,5006
WN6 0UY£305,0005
WN6 0WH£300,0003
WN6 0AF£297,0003
WN6 0BN£296,0003
WN6 0NX£287,5003
WN6 0YZ£285,0003
WN6 0ZQ£280,0003
WN6 0NF£277,0003
WN6 8AE£274,5005
WN6 0AY£274,0006
WN6 0ZU£272,5006
WN6 0ZJ£270,0005
WN6 8DA£268,0003
WN6 0ZN£267,5006
WN6 8HU£267,0003
WN6 9BB£265,0003
WN6 0SX£262,5004
WN6 0SZ£262,0003
WN6 0FL£261,00037
WN6 9JB£260,0003
WN6 0NE£259,0003
WN6 0SS£257,5003
WN6 9RP£255,0004
WN6 8EB£250,0005
WN6 9LE£250,0003
WN6 9HX£247,0005
WN6 0RW£245,0003
WN6 9JF£245,0003
WN6 8QA£244,0003
WN6 0WJ£243,5006
WN6 0EG£240,0005
WN6 0ZW£238,0003
WN6 0SA£236,0004
WN6 9JN£236,0003
WN6 9DD£234,0004
WN6 9JR£234,0003
WN6 0NZ£233,0003
WN6 8AP£233,0004
WN6 9ED£230,0005
WN6 8QH£229,5003
WN6 9LA£228,5003
WN6 8BA£228,0004
WN6 0QN£227,5006
WN6 9LJ£227,5006
WN6 7PP£225,0003
WN6 8BU£225,0003
WN6 8FN£225,0003
WN6 0PT£222,5004
WN6 9LB£222,5003
WN6 9AQ£221,0003
WN6 0EA£220,0003
WN6 0QP£220,0003
WN6 7PZ£218,0003
WN6 0PL£217,5004
WN6 0DZ£215,0003
WN6 8BE£215,0005
WN6 8EG£213,5006
WN6 8BD£212,0008
WN6 9HU£210,5004
WN6 7SF£210,0003
WN6 8QN£210,0005
WN6 7ER£209,0004
WN6 0AS£208,0005
WN6 0YY£205,0005
WN6 8QD£205,0003
WN6 8AD£202,5004
WN6 7RN£202,0003
WN6 0AU£200,0003
WN6 0LS£200,0003
WN6 8BW£199,5004
WN6 8EN£198,0006
WN6 0ND£195,0003
WN6 8AH£195,0003
WN6 8EQ£195,0003
WN6 9JP£195,0003
WN6 9RN£193,5005
WN6 0SQ£193,0003
WN6 0NA£190,0003
WN6 8DX£190,0003
WN6 8EJ£190,0003
WN6 9AR£190,0003
WN6 0BD£189,0003
WN6 0ED£188,0006
WN6 7RF£186,5004
WN6 8NG£185,0003
WN6 7DN£182,0003
WN6 0BA£181,5006
WN6 7JD£180,0006
WN6 8JH£180,0003
WN6 0DY£179,0007
WN6 7JE£178,0003
WN6 7NH£176,50010
WN6 7RD£175,0004
WN6 8AR£175,0005
WN6 8EH£175,0003
WN6 0RL£173,0004
WN6 7LN£172,0003
WN6 8AS£171,5006
WN6 8QE£171,0003
WN6 7BW£170,0004
WN6 7HZ£170,0003
WN6 7RL£170,0003
WN6 7SA£170,0005
WN6 8LR£170,0003
WN6 7JH£168,0003
WN6 7NT£168,0003
WN6 0JZ£166,5008
WN6 8HN£165,0003
WN6 8PD£165,0003
WN6 0JT£164,0003
WN6 7HB£161,0004
WN6 0DA£160,5005
WN6 7RE£160,0003
WN6 0PH£157,0007
WN6 0JL£155,0003
WN6 7JG£155,0007
WN6 0DE£154,0003
WN6 7EG£150,0005
WN6 8ER£150,0003
WN6 0HS£149,0003
WN6 7TB£148,0003
WN6 8RG£148,0004
WN6 7DJ£145,5003
WN6 7AN£145,0003
WN6 7HL£145,0003
WN6 7SB£145,0003
WN6 8QZ£145,0003
WN6 7HU£141,5004
WN6 0ZL£140,0003
WN6 8HD£140,0003
WN6 8NF£140,0003
WN6 7TD£138,0003
WN6 7LS£134,0004
WN6 7EF£133,5004
WN6 7NB£133,0004
WN6 7SD£132,0003
WN6 7AJ£130,0005
WN6 7LR£130,0004
WN6 7AT£129,0003
WN6 7AZ£125,0005
WN6 7DX£123,0003
WN6 7AL£120,0003
WN6 7EQ£117,0003
WN6 7LU£115,0003
WN6 8JP£102,5003
WN6 7DF£97,5003

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £152,000
  2. 2017: £160,000
  3. 2018: £167,500
  4. 2019: £175,000
  5. 2020: £184,000
  6. 2021: £195,000
  7. 2022: £210,000
  8. 2023: £200,000
  9. 2024: £211,500
  10. 2025: £210,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £225,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 38%, from £152,000 in 2016 to £210,000 in 2025, less than the 52% rise for a typical district in the North West.

Coal mining

All 932 live postcodes in WN6 are in the Mining Remediation Authority's coal mining reporting area, so expect your conveyancer to order a mining report with the other conveyancing searches. It does not mean a home is affected (what the report covers).

Postcode districts in the Wigan council area

Median sale price of the 9 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. WN6 is the second most expensive.

  1. M29 Manchester£246,000
  2. WN6 Wigan, this district£218,000
  3. WN1 Wigan£200,000
  4. WN3 Wigan£193,000
  5. WN4 Wigan£192,000
  6. M46 Manchester£190,000
  7. WN2 Wigan£190,000
  8. WN5 Wigan£190,000
  9. WN7 Leigh£180,000

Prices by council ward

Median price in the council wards that cover most of WN6, from the sales in WN6, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:

  1. Rural North East 78 sales£327,500
  2. Standish with Langtree 425 sales£260,000
  3. Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor 375 sales£236,000
  4. Wigan West 336 sales£161,500

Leasehold homes

46% of sales in WN6 were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales. Only 4% were flats, so some houses here are leasehold too: ask who owns the freehold, what the ground rent is and whether you could buy the freehold.

Flats here sold for a median of £129,000, 19% more than the £108,500 typical of the 6 nearest districts with enough flat sales.

Recent sales

The 10 latest sales ran from £160,000 for a terraced house on Gidlow Lane to £446,000 for a detached house on Broadfern.

The latest standard sales recorded in WN6. Sales take 2 weeks to 2 months to appear (how to find out what a house sold for). Select an address to check that home, or a postcode for every sale there.

  1. 11 Central DriveSold for £220,000WN6 8BASold on 14 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  2. 7 Orwell CloseSold for £185,000WN6 8JHSold on 11 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  3. 93 Gidlow LaneSold for £160,000WN6 7DYSold on 7 Sep 2026Terraced
  4. 20 Harbury WalkSold for £190,000WN6 7RXSold on 4 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  5. 8 Wrightington BarSold for £320,000WN6 9SFSold on 4 Sep 2026Terraced
  6. 7 Byron CloseSold for £200,000WN6 8JZSold on 4 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  7. 235 Preston RoadSold for £233,000WN6 0NZSold on 28 Aug 2026Semi-detached
  8. 14 Rosebay GardensSold for £405,000WN6 0ZHSold on 27 Aug 2026Detached
  9. 11 GrasslandsSold for £400,000WN6 0GTSold on 26 Aug 2026Detached
  10. 30 BroadfernSold for £446,000WN6 0GPSold on 26 Aug 2026Detached

Streets with the most standard sales, with their median price, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • North Union Drive, Standish£261,00037 sales
  • Wigan Road, Standish£275,00027 sales
  • Hodges Street, Wigan£168,00024 sales
  • Gidlow Lane, Wigan£158,00022 sales
  • Barnsley Street, Wigan£165,00021 sales

Living in WN6

Crime

No rate for WN6

Part of WN6 is in Greater Manchester, whose police have not sent street-level crime data to police.uk since July 2019.

Gigabit broadband

Across its postcodes, an average of 94% of homes can get it

Higher than 72 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.

Radon

90% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 69 in 100 postcode districts.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,153 a year in Wigan for 2026 to 2027

Lower than 92 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy ratings of homes for sale

Energy certificates made for homes put up for sale in WN6, lodged 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2026
RatingHomesShare
A10.1%, England and Wales 0.4%
B181.9%, England and Wales 4.8%
C55357.4%, England and Wales 46.9%
D34035.3%, England and Wales 38.1%
E363.7%, England and Wales 7.3%
F80.8%, England and Wales 1.9%
G70.7%, England and Wales 0.6%

When the homes were built

Construction age band of homes put up for sale in WN6, as estimated by the assessor on the same certificates
BuiltHomesShare
Before 1900414.3%, England and Wales 9.3%
1900 to 192918819.5%, England and Wales 14.8%
1930 to 194914915.5%, England and Wales 13.9%
1950 to 196619119.8%, England and Wales 15.8%
1967 to 198220321.1%, England and Wales 18.5%
1983 to 1995848.7%, England and Wales 10.1%
1996 to 2011838.6%, England and Wales 11.9%
2012 or later242.5%, England and Wales 5.7%

About these figures

The figures come from 1,169 standard sales in WN6, the latest on 28 August 2026 (what counts as a standard sale). Of these, fewer than 1 in 10 were flats.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.