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Merchants Crescent

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16 recorded sales · median £130,500 · Wigan

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Wigan Council · Labour-controlled 42/75 seats · 56% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

73/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£131k

median price

£131k

median sold price

5.9 yrs

of local pay to buy

23 min

Manchester — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

144

schools total

Violence — most

11.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

4.5%

in a flood zone

481

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

638

eat & drink

198

shops

86.7%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£49,750 in 1996 → £171,475 in 2020

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Wigan, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £130,500. That's about 5.9× local earnings — around the 6.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2020 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 16 sales£130,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay5.9× · five-year average 6.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership66%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

32%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

17%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,152

Your band:

Wigan Council£1,712

Mayoral (incl. fire)£154

Mayoral Police & Crime£285

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,434

Band B£1,673

Band C£1,912

Band D (baseline)£2,152

Band E£2,630

Band F£3,108

Band G£3,586

Band H£4,303

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Wigan how Merchants Crescent compares · from Wigan

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Hindley +62.2%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Hindley	£165,000	+62.2%	420
Marsh Green	£128,000	+61.2%	30
Kitt Green	£155,000	+60.5%	54
Leigh	£125,000	+53.8%	394
The Bell	£190,000	+51.4%	64
Tyldesley	£137,500	+50.3%	158
Worsley Mesnes	£152,000	+49.5%	110
Newtown	£127,500	+47.8%	116
Scholes Village	£102,000	+47.6%	38
Ashton-in-Makerfield	£190,000	+47.2%	232
Lowton St Mary's	£270,000	+46.4%	68
Abram	£156,000	+45.5%	160
Far Moor	£245,000	+44.8%	97
Bryn	£180,000	+42.8%	126
Ince-in-Makerfield	£120,000	+41.8%	74
Atherton	£176,000	+40.8%	252
Whelley	£175,000	+39.3%	98
Winstanley	£235,000	+39.2%	156
Beech Hill	£151,000	+38.9%	104
New Hall Farm	£260,000	+38.7%	204
Golborne	£170,000	+36.8%	162
Highfield	£227,000	+36.4%	100
Hindley Green	£195,000	+35.8%	222
Town Green	£200,000	+35%	118
Gidlow	£158,375	+34.5%	216
Spring View	£132,500	+33.8%	128
Shakerley	£188,500	+33.6%	68
Lane Head	£233,150	+32.9%	112
Scholes	£139,000	+31.6%	122
Spring Bank	£150,000	+31%	132
Howe Bridge	£168,000	+29.3%	162
Shevington Vale	£222,000	+29.2%	62
Lilford	£205,500	+29%	156
Shevington	£225,000	+28.6%	102
Hindsford	£174,000	+28.4%	124
Higher Folds	£215,000	+27.8%	78
Westleigh	£168,000	+27.8%	218
New Springs	£180,000	+26.7%	138
Lowton St Luke's	£262,098	+25.7%	188
Thornhill	£350,000	+24%	96
Swinley	£200,000	+23.6%	138
Higher End	£240,000	+22.6%	78
Plank Lane	£207,250	+22%	108
Hawkley	£190,000	+21.1%	134
Lamberhead Green	£165,000	+20.9%	92
Pennington	£266,000	+20%	76
Hag Fold	£170,000	+18.1%	136
Stubshaw Cross	£170,000	+15.2%	70
Astley	£255,000	+14.6%	130
Orrell Post	£210,000	+14.3%	126
Bedford	£135,500	+13.1%	154
Shevington Moor	£238,000	+11.1%	110
Parr Bridge	£292,000	+3.7%	186
Well Court	£245,000	+2.1%	226
Bickershaw	£141,600	-4.6%	90
Standish	£199,995	-9.9%	66
Longshoot	£119,500	-20.6%	136

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Merchants Crescent — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
4, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£242,500	Nov 2022
13 Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£169,950	Oct 2020
13a, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Detached	—	—	£173,000	Sep 2020
7, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£134,000	Apr 2018
5, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Detached	—	—	£185,000	Dec 2017
11, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£124,000	Oct 2014
13a, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Detached	—	—	£139,000	Jun 2013
4, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£127,000	Dec 2012
4, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Terraced	—	—	£147,000	Nov 2006
2, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£138,000	Oct 2004
11, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£105,000	Jul 2004
11, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£105,000	Jul 2004
12, Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£51,000	Jun 1997
13 Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£49,750	Mar 1996
13 Merchants Crescent Lowton	Semi-detached	—	—	£49,750	Mar 1996
40 MERCHANTS CRESCENT	Detached	—	—	£60,000	Sep 1995

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16 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Wigan

Street-level crime isn't published for Merchants Crescent — Greater Manchester Police stopped supplying it to police.uk. We show the Home Office annual recorded-crime figure where held, and never a fabricated zero.

Street-level crime

The local police force is not currently publishing street-level crime records to police.uk, so a comparable crime rate is not available for this area. Any records shown are British Transport Police (railway) only.

Declared honestly — a force data gap, not shown as zero · police.uk / Home Office

Recorded crime from Wigan

Per 1,000 residents / year96.6

Total recorded (year ending December 2025)31,818

Violence against the person

13,888

Theft offences

6,945

Public order offences

3,398

Criminal damage and arson

3,101

Drug offences

1,250

Sexual offences

1,246

Home Office recorded crime across the whole Wigan district — the force's annual return, a real figure from a different feed · Home Office police recorded crime (CSP open data)

Who lives here? from Wigan

Population329,330

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

4.9/10

Employment

4.2/10

Education & skills

4.7/10

Health & disability

3.3/10

Crime

3.9/10

Housing & services

7.3/10

Living environment

5.3/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Wigan — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+58%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.1%

Degree-level (Level 4+)26%

Good or very good health80%

Own their home66%

Median age42

Born outside the UK6%

See the full Wigan report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Lowton West Primary School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Green Meadow Independent Primary School	All-through	—	0.7 km
First Steps Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.7 km
Barton Day Nurseries Golborne	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton	Primary	—	0.8 km
Starbrite Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
St Luke's CofE Primary School	Primary	—	0.9 km
Golborne High School	Secondary	Outstanding ('23)	1.0 km
Lowton Junior and Infant School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.2 km
Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.3 km
St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School	Primary	Good ('20)	1.3 km
All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan	Primary	—	1.3 km
Lowton Church of England High School	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.8 km
Little Angels Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.9 km
Little Angels Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.9 km
Golborne Community Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.9 km
Little Angels Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.9 km
Woodland Adventure Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.0 km
Gilded Hollins Community School	Primary	—	2.0 km
First Steps Private Day Nursery Limited	Nursery	—	3.0 km
Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.0 km
The Beeches Pre School	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.5 km
Fairfield Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.6 km
Twist Lane Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.8 km
St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	3.8 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

20 of 20 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Slag Lane Mc	GP	Good ('22)	0.2 km
Braithwaite Rd Surgery	GP	—	0.2 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Lowton Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Church Lane Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Rowlands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Lowton & Platt Bridge Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	1.1 km
Family Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.5 km
Golborne Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	1.5 km
High Street Surgery	GP	—	1.5 km
High Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Golborne Late Night Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Gpharmacy Direct	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Leigh Sports Village	GP	Good ('19)	3.0 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Abram Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Wigan Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Avenue Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Peak Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Foxleigh Family Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	4.3 km
Leigh Family Practice	GP	Good ('16)	4.3 km
Lilford & Pennington Park Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	4.3 km
Old Henry Street Med Ctr	GP	Good ('23)	4.3 km
Premier Health Team	GP	Outstanding ('17)	4.3 km
Time For Teeth Hmp Hindley	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Tims & Parker Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Bryn Street Surgery	GP	—	4.5 km
Medicentre	GP	Good ('22)	4.5 km
Peak Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Brookmill Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	4.6 km
J Morris Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Westleigh Medical Practice	GP	Good ('21)	4.7 km
Grasmere Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	4.9 km
The Avenue Surgery	GP	—	4.9 km
Leigh Health Centre	Dentist	Good ('19)	4.9 km
Peak Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Ssp Health Limited Ashton Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	5.0 km
Rowlands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Liverpool Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Dr Ahmad & Ptnrs	GP	Good ('17)	5.1 km
Platt House Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	5.1 km
Platt Bridge Health Centre Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Platt Bridge Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Bryn Cross Surgery	GP	—	5.5 km
Downall Green Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Dr Tun & Partners	GP	Good ('16)	6.0 km
Hindley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.5 km
Bee Fold Medical Centre	GP	Outstanding ('19)	6.7 km
Hawkley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.8 km
Dr Vasanth	GP	—	7.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	7.2 km
M G Miller And D T Scoular	Dentist	—	7.2 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Wigan

5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 26 min from Hag Fold Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To Manchester	Fastest
Bryn Rail Station	3.4 mi	—	no direct train
Hindley Rail Station	4.4 mi	Deansgate	28 min
Ince (Manchester) Rail Station	4.5 mi	Deansgate	32 min
Daisy Hill Rail Station	4.8 mi	Manchester Victoria	29 min
Hag Fold Rail Station	5.0 mi	Manchester Victoria	26 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold — from Hag Fold Rail Station (26 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

63%

Work from home

22%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging13 points

Per 10,000 residents0.4

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Wigan

Air quality

NO₂

11.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000%

Flood zone4.5% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 10–30%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (100%)

Historic landfill103 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings360

Conservation areas23

Green belt55.7%

Green spaces481

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Wigan

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	638	76% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	198	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	55	—
Green spaces & parks	481	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

86.7%

Superfast

97%

Ultrafast

86.9%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Wigan

Figures for the wider Wigan — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5.1%

In work (employment rate)57.5%

Companies registered here16,022

New incorporations (12m)2,664

Property companies (SPVs)1,669

See the full Wigan report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district