WN3 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of WN3, Makerfield from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
WN3 is a postcode district in Makerfield. Homes here sold for a median of £185,000 over the last year, up 27.6% over five years. 15,050 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (43% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 52% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £102,500 median sold price (all time)
- £185,000 median price, last 12 months
- 15,050 recorded sales
- +27.6% 5-year price change
- 43% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 52% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 35 Fielders Close | Terraced | £170,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 102 Highfield Grange Avenue | Terraced | £130,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 14 Sandpiper Road | Semi | £215,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 312 Poolstock Lane | Semi | £235,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 5 Denham Drive | Semi | £230,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 27 Cecil Street | Terraced | £120,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 70 Appleton Grove | Terraced | £263,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 10 Rylance Road | Semi | £246,500 | Jun 2026 |
| 1 Wainfleet Close | Semi | £165,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 696 Warrington Road | Terraced | £155,500 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 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 WN3 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)
- 90% 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)
- 77.6 · 81.9 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
Open the full Wigan district report →
Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| WN3 4 | £126,500 | 3,325 |
| WN3 5 | £167,000 | 4,765 |
| WN3 6 | £215,000 | 6,960 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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