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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}<br />
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=WN}}<br />
The '''WN postcode area''', also known as the '''Wigan postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of eight postcode districts in [[North West England]], within three [[post town]]s. These cover most of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]] in [[Greater Manchester]] (including [[Wigan]] itself and [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]]), plus small parts of [[West Lancashire]] (including [[Skelmersdale]]) and the [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens]] in [[Merseyside]].<br />
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Mail for the WN postcode area is processed at Warrington Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[CW postcode area|CW]], [[L postcode area|L]] and [[WA postcode area|WA]] postcode areas.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
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==Coverage==<br />
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:<br />
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{{postcode area table start}}<br />
|-<br />
! WN1<br />
| WIGAN<br />
| [[Haigh, Greater Manchester|Haigh]], [[Ince-in-Makerfield|Ince]], [[Swinley, Wigan|Swinley]], [[Wigan]]<br />
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan|Wigan]]<br />
|-<br />
! WN2<br />
| WIGAN<br />
| [[Abram, Greater Manchester|Abram]], [[Aspull, Greater Manchester|Aspull]], Bamfurlong, [[Bickershaw]], Haigh, [[Hindley, Greater Manchester|Hindley]], [[Hindley Green]], Ince, [[Platt Bridge]]<br />
| Wigan<br />
|-<br />
! WN3<br />
| WIGAN<br />
| Goose Green, Ince, [[Winstanley, Greater Manchester|Winstanley]], [[Worsley Mesnes]], [[Hawkley Hall]]<br />
| Wigan<br />
|-<br />
! WN4<br />
| WIGAN<br />
| [[Ashton-in-Makerfield]], [[Garswood]]<br />
| Wigan, [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]]<br />
|-<br />
! WN5<br />
| WIGAN<br />
| [[Billinge, Merseyside|Billinge]], Newtown, [[Higher End]], [[Orrell, Greater Manchester|Orrell]], [[Pemberton, Greater Manchester|Pemberton]], [[Winstanley, Greater Manchester|Winstanley]], [[Worsley Hall]], Marsh Green.<br />
| Wigan, St Helens<br />
|-<br />
! WN6<br />
| WIGAN<br />
| [[Appley Bridge]], Beech Hill, [[Shevington]], Springfield, [[Standish, Greater Manchester|Standish]], [[Wrightington]]<br />
| Wigan, [[West Lancashire]]<br />
|-<br />
! WN7<br />
| LEIGH<br />
| [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]], Hope Carr, Landside, Low Common, [[Bedford, Greater Manchester|Bedford]], [[Westleigh, Greater Manchester|Westleigh]], [[Pennington, Greater Manchester|Pennington]], [[Higher Folds]]<br />
| Wigan<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan=2|WN8<br />
| WIGAN<br />
| [[Dalton, Lancashire|Dalton]], [[Newburgh, Lancashire|Newburgh]], [[Parbold]]<br />
|rowspan=2|West Lancashire<br />
|-<br />
| SKELMERSDALE<br />
| Chapel House, Holland Moor, [[Roby Mill]], [[Skelmersdale]], [[Up Holland]] <br />
|}<br />
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==Map==<br />
{{Attached KML|display=inline}}<br />
{{Postcode area imagemap|map=WN postcode area|size=300x240px}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Postcode Address File]]<br />
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]<br />
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]<br />
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{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}<br />
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[[Category:Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]]<br />
[[Category:Metropolitan Borough of St Helens]]<br />
[[Category:Borough of West Lancashire]]<br />
[[Category:Postcode areas covering North West England]]</div>
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