WN5 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

934 of the district's 1,077 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 53.53183, -2.68760, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in WN5

Companies House lists 1,524 companies with a registered office in WN5; 140 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.

Places OS Open Names lists for WN5

• North West
• Wigan
• Orrell
• St. Helens
• Billinge
• Longshaw
• West Lancashire
• Lancashire
• Gathurst
• Brownlow
• Windy Arbour

Roads filed under WN5

Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.

• Abbey Drive
• Abbotts Way
• Abraham Gardens
• Ackhurst Lane
• Albert Street
• Alder Avenue
• Alderley Close
• Alexandra Crescent
• Alexandra Street
• Alker Street
• Almond Grove
• Alvanley Close
• Amber Court
• Ambleside
• Andrew Avenue
• Anjou Boulevard
• Ansdell Road
• Anson Place
• Anson Street
• Anvil Close
• Argyle Street
• Argyll Street
• Arnside Road
• Arundel Street
• Ashfield Crescent
• Ash Grove
• Ash Grove Crescent
• Ashington Close
• Ashridge Way
• Ashton Road
• Atherton Street
• Aughton Close
• Avon Road
• Bakehouse Close
• Baldwin Street
• Balmoral Road
• Banbury Road
• Bank Avenue
• Bankes Avenue
• Bank Street
• Barlborough Road
• Barton Clough
• Barton Street
• Beacon Road
• Beaford Close
• Beaufort Street
• Beaumont Grove
• Bedford Street
• Beechwood Crescent
• Beeford Drive
• Belle Vue Street
• Bell Lane
• Belmont Avenue
• Bennett Drive
• Beulah Avenue
• Beverley Avenue
• Beverley Road
• Billinge Road
• Birchley Avenue
• Birchley Road

Check an address in WN5

Check an address in WN5

The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=WN5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about WN5

What does a WN5 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the WN5 district of the WN (Wigan) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Wigan. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 934 live postcodes.

Where the counts come from

• ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
• os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
• uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0

What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.

Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.

Districts nearest WN5

• WN32.8 km
• WN14.6 km
• WN65.0 km
• WN45.1 km
• WN86.0 km
• WA116.3 km
• WN27.0 km
• WA129.4 km
• WA109.7 km
• WA910.9 km
• BL511.5 km
• BL611.8 km
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distance between the districts' centroids