Where is WN1?

WN1 is in the county of Greater Manchester. It contains the town of Wigan, as well as Whelley, Scholes, Worthington, Whitley, and Swinley. WN1 is 24km west of the city of Salford. WN1 is a postcode district, also known as an outcode or outbound code.

WN1 on a map

The below map shows where WN1 is, and the boundary of the WN1 postcode district:

Postal Boundaries © GEOLYTIX copyright and database right 2012

What county is WN1 in?

WN1 is in the county of Greater Manchester.

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This data was derived from the below datasets:
Source: GEOLYTIX Postal Geometries
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Source: Ordnance Survey Ceremonial Counties
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Which cities, towns and villages are in WN1?

WiganTown
WhelleySuburb
ScholesSuburb
WorthingtonVillage
WhitleySuburb
SwinleySuburb
Red RockHamlet
Bottling WoodSuburb
Water HeyesSuburb
Bull HeySuburb
MaryleboneSuburb
LongshootSuburb
Rose BridgeSuburb

What are the nearest towns to WN1?

Position of WN1 relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of WN1 to the centre of the town.

north-west2km
WN1 is 2km north-west of Ince-in-Makerfield
north-west4km
WN1 is 4km north-west of Hindley
south-east4km
WN1 is 4km south-east of Standish
west7km
WN1 is 7km west of Westhoughton
north7km
WN1 is 7km north of Ashton-in-Makerfield
south7km
WN1 is 7km south of Adlington
south-west8km
WN1 is 8km south-west of Horwich
north-east9km
WN1 is 9km north-east of Billinge
north9km
WN1 is 9km north of Golborne
north-west10km
WN1 is 10km north-west of Leigh

What are the nearest cities to WN1?

Position of WN1 relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of WN1 to the centre of the city.

west24km
WN1 is 24km west of Salford
south24km
WN1 is 24km south of Preston
west27km
WN1 is 27km west of Manchester
north-east28km
WN1 is 28km north-east of Liverpool
north-east44km
WN1 is 44km north-east of Chester
south57km
WN1 is 57km south of Lancaster
north-east61km
WN1 is 61km north-east of Wrexham
north-east63km
WN1 is 63km north-east of St Asaph
south-west64km
WN1 is 64km south-west of Bradford
north-west66km
WN1 is 66km north-west of Stoke-on-Trent

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