Devonshire Place Atherton, Wigan
6 addresses across 1 postcode (M46), about 70 m long. USRN 44120403.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Wigan costs £2,153 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hag Fold, about 510 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 290 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 64 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Dr Kk Chan & Partners, about 720 m (0.4 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 32% of households owned their home and 19% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 42 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (4). Built: 1950-1966 (4). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Wigan in 2026-27: Band D £2,153 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,435 | £1,674 | £1,913 | £2,153 | £2,631 | £3,109 | £3,588 | £4,305 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (82% of about 830 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- SHLAA0229 (150 m)
- Car Bank Square Atherton: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (200 m)
- SHLAA0370 (530 m (0.3 miles))
- Rosedale Avenue/Water Street Atherton: up to 37 homes, not permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
- Bolton Road Service Station Bolton Road Atherton Manchester M46 9JG: up to 23 homes, not permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- Collier Brook Industrial Estate, Bag Lane, Atherton: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (650 m (0.4 miles))
- SHLAA0148 (710 m (0.4 miles))
- 12 And 14 Market Place Atherton M46 0EG: up to 7 homes, permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 64 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M46 9XB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hag Fold 74,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Atherton 218,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 700 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Daisy Hill 195,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 21 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 73 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Car Bank Avenue Hag Fold | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Leigh Bus Station | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 24.5 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dr Kk Chan & Partners | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cohens Chemist | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Leight Infirmary | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Police station | Atherton police station | 190 m |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Daily - Car Bank Street, Atherton Cashzone | 210 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,320 m² | 290 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,710 m² | 10 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest People's Place Recreation Ground 8,840 m² | 20 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,630 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chowbent Unitarian Chapel, a listed building (Grade II*), 710 m (0.4 miles) south. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chowbent Unitarian Chapel | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Alder House | Listed building, Grade II* | 800 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Hulton Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| New Park Wood | Wood | 630 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Dog Kennel Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Mill Dam Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Mill Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Deane Church Clough | Valley | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) north |
| Will Hill | Hill | 4.8 km (3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 6 | 6 |
None of the street's 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Wigan: see them on the Wigan page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbank Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 240 m | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton | Primary | 4–11 | 310 m | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Atherton St George's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 660 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Chowbent Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 730 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Atherton High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Parklee Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Sacred Heart RC Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Hindsford CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Fish Bar M46 0HY | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 210 m | 4 Good | 8 Sep 2025 |
| Morrisons Daily M46 0HY | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 210 m | 4 Good | 21 Nov 2025 |
| Devonshire Place M46 9QB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 250 m | 5 Very good | 10 Jun 2024 |
| Impact Food Group T/A Dolce @ Meadowbank Primary School M46 0HX | School/college/university | 270 m | 4 Good | 1 Jul 2026 |
| ABC Childcare@Atherton Startwell Centre M46 0HX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 270 m | 5 Very good | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Atherton LR Football Club M46 9PA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 310 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Dave's B+B Off Licence M46 9NQ | Retailers - other | 310 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 11 Apr 2025 |
| Huang Du M46 9NQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 310 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 3 Jul 2025 |
| Pizza Hot M46 9NQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 310 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 14 May 2026 |
| Green Grass Centre M46 9NR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jan 2026 |
| Belong Atherton M46 0EU | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 360 m | 4 Good | 17 Jun 2026 |
| George VI Hotel M46 0HA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 3 Jul 2026 |
| BK Patel M46 0JD | Retailers - other | 370 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 15 Mar 2026 |
| Cruncheese M46 0HA | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Go Local M46 0HA | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 12 Mar 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (lancashire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 29 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 29% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 32% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 8% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 40% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- M46 9XB: 6 addresses of 7 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Car Bank Avenue · Car Bank Crescent · Rainbow Drive · Warwick Road · Car Bank Square · Buttercup Close · Coniston Avenue · Birkdale Avenue · Fletcher Avenue · Chaucer Grove · Freshfield Avenue · Hatton Avenue
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.