WN2 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of WN2, Makerfield from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
WN2 is a postcode district in Makerfield. Homes here sold for a median of £165,000 over the last year, up 29.9% over five years. 25,545 sales are on record. Parts of it rank among England’s more-deprived areas (55% of its postcodes are in the most-deprived 30%). 50% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £93,995 median sold price (all time)
- £165,000 median price, last 12 months
- 25,545 recorded sales
- +29.9% 5-year price change
- 10% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 50% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 1 Hodder Green Close | Semi | £200,000 | May 2026 |
| 1 Highfield Grove | Semi | £165,000 | May 2026 |
| 723 Atherton Road | Terraced | £90,000 | May 2026 |
| 47 Bakersfield | Semi | £245,000 | May 2026 |
| 4 Linden Road | Semi | £210,000 | May 2026 |
| 82 St Marys Road | Semi | £180,000 | May 2026 |
| Bryn Hall Bryn Gates Lane | Detached | £800,000 | May 2026 |
| 46 Holcroft Drive | Semi | £215,000 | May 2026 |
| 7 Oak Avenue | Semi | £140,000 | May 2026 |
| 490 Atherton Road | Terraced | £140,000 | May 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime
Greater Manchester Police does not publish street-level crime to police.uk — a known force-level data gap, not a crime-free area, so we don’t show a figure here that would imply zero.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider Wigan district
The figures below cover Wigan — the council district WN2 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £182,500 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 329,330 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 93% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈28 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 87% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
Open the full Wigan district report →
Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| WN2 1 | £190,000 | 3,653 |
| WN2 2 | £165,000 | 3,538 |
| WN2 3 | £143,700 | 5,319 |
| WN2 4 | £180,000 | 7,280 |
| WN2 5 | £150,000 | 5,750 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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