Metropolitan borough council · England
Wigan
Wigan is a metropolitan borough council. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.
What this council is responsible for
Wigan
Metropolitan borough council · E08000010
- Planning applications
- Bin and recycling collection
- Council tax and business rates collection
- Housing and homelessness
- Licensing
- Environmental health
- Parks and leisure
- Local elections
- Schools and education
- Adult social care
- Children’s services
- Roads and highways
- Waste disposal
- Libraries
- Trading standards
- Public health
Type
Metropolitan borough council
Single tier
Official code
E08000010
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
Greater Manchester
Strategic transport, economic development, skills
Other bodies covering this area
Greater Manchester
Combined authority
- Strategic transport
- Economic development
- Skills
Greater Manchester
Fire and rescue authority
- Fire and rescue
36
Postcode sectors
25
Wards
4
Constituencies
6 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.
Boundary
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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →
Towns in this area
Parliamentary constituencies
Wards
25 wards recorded in this council area.
Abram · Ashton-in-Makerfield South · Aspull, New Springs & Whelley · Astley · Atherton North · Atherton South & Lilford · Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North · Douglas · Golborne & Lowton West · Hindley · Hindley Green · Ince · Leigh Central & Higher Folds · Leigh South · Leigh West · Lowton East · Orrell · Pemberton · Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor · Standish with Langtree · Tyldesley & Mosley Common · Wigan Central · Wigan West · Winstanley · Worsley Mesnes
Postcode sectors
Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E08000010.