Where is WN5?

WN5 spans the counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Lancashire. It contains the town of Billinge, as well as Orrell, Pemberton, Longshaw, Higher End, and Marsh Green. WN5 is 24km north-east of the city of Liverpool. WN5 is a postcode district, also known as an outcode or outbound code.

WN5 on a map

The below map shows where WN5 is, and the boundary of the WN5 postcode district:

Postal Boundaries © GEOLYTIX copyright and database right 2012

What county is WN5 in?

WN5 lies within the counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Lancashire. The below table and chart shows the split by area:

County% Area
Greater Manchester69%
Merseyside28%
Lancashire3%

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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
Licence: Open Government Licence

Which cities, towns and villages are in WN5?

OrrellSettlement
BillingeTown
PembertonSuburb
LongshawVillage
Higher EndSuburb
Marsh GreenSuburb
NorleySuburb
NewtownSuburb
Worsley HallSuburb
TontineSuburb
Far MoorSuburb
Lamberhead GreenSuburb
Orrell PostSuburb
LaithwaiteSuburb
RedwoodSuburb
BrownlowHamlet
Windy ArbourHamlet
Martland MillSuburb
Spring BankSuburb
The BellSuburb
Kitt GreenSuburb
BrooklandsSuburb

What are the nearest towns to WN5?

Position of WN5 relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of WN5 to the centre of the town.

west4km
WN5 is 4km west of Wigan
west5km
WN5 is 5km west of Ince-in-Makerfield
north-west6km
WN5 is 6km north-west of Ashton-in-Makerfield
east6km
WN5 is 6km east of Skelmersdale
south6km
WN5 is 6km south of Standish
west7km
WN5 is 7km west of Hindley
north7km
WN5 is 7km north of Haydock
north-east7km
WN5 is 7km north-east of Rainford
north-west9km
WN5 is 9km north-west of Golborne
north9km
WN5 is 9km north of Newton-le-Willows

What are the nearest cities to WN5?

Position of WN5 relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of WN5 to the centre of the city.

north-east24km
WN5 is 24km north-east of Liverpool
south25km
WN5 is 25km south of Preston
west27km
WN5 is 27km west of Salford
west30km
WN5 is 30km west of Manchester
north40km
WN5 is 40km north of Chester
north58km
WN5 is 58km north of Wrexham
south58km
WN5 is 58km south of Lancaster
north-east59km
WN5 is 59km north-east of St Asaph
north-west66km
WN5 is 66km north-west of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west68km
WN5 is 68km south-west of Bradford

More WN5 data

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