Where is WA12?

WA12 spans the counties of Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and Cheshire. It contains the town of Newton-le-Willows, as well as Earlestown, Wargrave, and Vulcan Village. WA12 is 23km west of the city of Salford. WA12 is a postcode district, also known as an outcode or outbound code.

WA12 on a map

The below map shows where WA12 is, and the boundary of the WA12 postcode district:

Postal Boundaries © GEOLYTIX copyright and database right 2012

What county is WA12 in?

WA12 lies within the counties of Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and Cheshire. The below table and chart shows the split by area:

County% Area
Merseyside92%
Greater Manchester7%
Cheshire1%

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This data was derived from the below datasets:
Source: GEOLYTIX Postal Geometries
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Source: Ordnance Survey Ceremonial Counties
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Which cities, towns and villages are in WA12?

Newton-le-WillowsTown
EarlestownSuburb
WargraveSuburb
Vulcan VillageSuburb

What are the nearest towns to WA12?

Position of WA12 relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of WA12 to the centre of the town.

south-east3km
WA12 is 3km south-east of Haydock
south-west3km
WA12 is 3km south-west of Golborne
south4km
WA12 is 4km south of Ashton-in-Makerfield
south-east7km
WA12 is 7km south-east of Billinge
east7km
WA12 is 7km east of St Helens
north8km
WA12 is 8km north of Warrington
south-west9km
WA12 is 9km south-west of Leigh
south10km
WA12 is 10km south of Ince-in-Makerfield
south10km
WA12 is 10km south of Hindley
south10km
WA12 is 10km south of Wigan

What are the nearest cities to WA12?

Position of WA12 relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of WA12 to the centre of the city.

west23km
WA12 is 23km west of Salford
east23km
WA12 is 23km east of Liverpool
west26km
WA12 is 26km west of Manchester
north-east34km
WA12 is 34km north-east of Chester
south34km
WA12 is 34km south of Preston
north-east51km
WA12 is 51km north-east of Wrexham
north-west57km
WA12 is 57km north-west of Stoke-on-Trent
east58km
WA12 is 58km east of St Asaph
south67km
WA12 is 67km south of Lancaster
south-west69km
WA12 is 69km south-west of Bradford

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