Kennedy Road Astley, Wigan
9 addresses across 3 postcodes (M28,M29), about 250 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 44104692.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Wigan cost £194,393 in August 2026 (+2.8% on a year); private rents averaged £749 a month.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Storm overflows: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 40 times (199 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane - Solar Farm, is 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A5082, carries 12,576 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 0% to 81% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Walkden, about 3.6 km (2.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 530 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 32 to 36 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Dr Vardhan's Surgery, about 480 m (0.3 miles) away, with 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 850 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Wigan
A typical home in Wigan cost £194,393 in August 2026, 2.8% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier and 66% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £316,388 |
| Semi-detached | £202,942 |
| Terraced | £157,752 |
| Flat or maisonette | £106,371 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £175,758 |
Private renters in Wigan paid £749 a month on average in September 2026, 6.4% more than a year before. That is 41% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £544 |
| Two bedrooms | £703 |
| Three bedrooms | £842 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,147 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 13,060 kWh of it on average in 2024, 24% more than the district's 10,552 kWh, and 3,344 kWh of electricity, 7% more than the district's 3,124 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is M29.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (25% of about 2,830 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)
- Former Best Friends Private Day Nursery Best Friends Nursery St Johns Road Worsley Manchester M28 1AR: up to 9 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead Landfill Wigan A/02/55506 | Landfill Gas | 5.3 MW | Operational Sep 2002 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane - Solar Farm Wigan PA/2024/0759 | Solar farm | 10 MW | Planning application made Sep 2024 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| M29 7JY | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| M28 1DP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| M29 7JU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 40 times, for 199 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Honksford Brook, Ellen Brook, Astley Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parr Bridge/Mosley Common Rd Cso United Utilities; monitored 90% of the year | Honksford Brook | 8 | 14 | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Vicars Hall Lane Ps No 2 United Utilities | Ellen Brook | 15 | 154 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| East Lancashire Rd Pumping Station United Utilities | Astley Brook | 17 | 31 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
3 of the street's 3 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 3 to 5%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: less than 1% (2); 3 to 5% (2).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 10 addresses are between 32 m and 36 m above sea level (33 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M28 1DP | 81% | 81% | 81% | 13% |
| M29 7JY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Walkden 301,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Atherton 218,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Hag Fold 74,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 34 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kennedy Road Astley | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Leigh Bus Station | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest evyve Charging Station - Chaddock Lane, Manchester. | 220 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 20.4 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dr Vardhan's Surgery Good Feb 2020 | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Leight Infirmary Good Feb 2020 | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Care homes | Alderwood Care Home Good Mar 2026 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Atherton police station | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Asda Astley - Manchester Road PFS Cashzone | 370 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.5 ha | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 320 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,200 m² | 190 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,470 m² | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 6.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Astley Vicarage, a listed building (Grade II*), 700 m (0.4 miles) west. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Astley Vicarage | Listed building, Grade II* | 700 m (0.4 miles) west |
| New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital | Scheduled monument | 760 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Administration Block at Astley Hospital | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hollin Wood | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-east |
| Alder Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) east |
| Rands Clough Wood | Wood | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) east |
| Bittern Pits Wood | Wood | 3.2 km (2 miles) east |
| Lady Hill | Hill | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) east |
| Red Waters | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 10 |
3 of the street's 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | 73% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 61% in 2023) |
| Garrett Hall Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 85% in 2023) |
| St Stephen's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 950 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; 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 | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
| Tyldesley Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | 81% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 80% in 2024 and 70% in 2023) |
| Boothstown Methodist Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 39% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 50% in 2023) |
| St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 73% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 71% in 2024 and 83% in 2023) |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Outstanding (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 84% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 80% in 2024 and 84% in 2023) |
| Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 61% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 75% in 2023) |
| St Mary's Catholic High School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 47.1 (44.2 in 2025 and 46.4 in 2024); 45.8% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C; 20% AAB or better; progress below average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
7 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 510 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons Astley Nursery and Preschool M29 7HQ | Full day care | 75 | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Greenlands Out of School Care Limited M29 7EY | Out-of-school day care | 80 | Not inspected yet | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Woodland Adventure Nursery M29 7TX | Full day care | 69 | Outstanding (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Partou Best Friends Day Nursery & Pre-School M29 8RZ | Full day care | 118 | Inadequate (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Thrive Lark Hill House M29 7DY | Full day care | 100 | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Little Flowers Day Nursery M28 1BZ | Full day care | 79 | Jan 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Boothstown Playgroup M28 1JF | Full day care | 34 | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 109 childminders and 14 home childcarers (nannies) in Wigan. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Mart M29 7JY | Manufacturers/packers | 130 m | 4 Good | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Grace Overseas Ltd M28 1DP | Distributors/Transporters | 310 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Noir Brasserie and Wine Bar M29 7ER | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 May 2026 |
| Treasure City M29 7ET | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 1 Apr 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (metropolitan).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 100% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2022 16:55 | Slight | 1 person | A572, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 16 Jan 2021 20:58 | Slight | 1 person | A572, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A5082 between A572 and A577, with 12,576 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 350 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A572 | A5082 to A580 | 9,004 estimated; counted 2018 | 4% | -16% since 2015 | 50 m |
| A5082 | A572 to A577 | 12,576 estimated; counted 2021 | 2% | +5% since 2015 | 350 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 9 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
- Food hygiene ratings Meat Mart (manufacturers/packers, M29 7JY) now 4 Good, was 5 Very good (rated 29 September 2026) found 4 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- M29 7JY: 6 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- M28 1DP: 2 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- M29 7JU: 1 address
Nearby streets
Hamilton Road · Chaddock Lane · Chaddock Lane · Wallwork Road · Withington Drive · Chelford Drive · Oakdale Drive · Tiverton Close · Acresfield · Tanhouse Avenue · Chelford Drive · Dunmail Close
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.