Rowbottom Square
Wigan, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 42/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 38/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 42/100. Recorded median sale price: £76,500 from 21 transactions. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: family indicators 80/100; green-space proximity 38/100; daily amenities 42/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 75/100; daily amenities 42/100; market proxy 65/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: liquidity proxy 70/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £76,500 from 21 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transaction activity 50%, Market 50%; no return forecast. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: green-space proximity 38/100; daily amenities 42/100; amenity proximity 75/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 42/100. Recorded median sale price: £76,500 from 21 transactions. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
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Score 38/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.
How Life Works Here
Rowbottom Square is located in Wigan. The associated LSOA area has 3 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 2 of the 12 selected months. Coverage is insufficient for an annual safety score. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. The dataset records 3 nearby amenities. The closest is The Berkeley (pub, 28m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (College Avenue) is 95m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £76,500. Based on 21 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 2,032; owner-occupied homes 17.5%; social housing 13.2%; retired population 9.7%; average household size 1.9. There are 6 schools within 2 km, 6 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is first time buyers at 76/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 67/100. Its recorded district percentile is 100. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
Property Market
Flat/Maisonette | Leasehold | Transactions: Moderate recorded volume
Source release: 2026-08-28; registrations received through 2026-07-31. Earlier periods can be revised by late registrations. Standard and additional transactions are included, so property mix can affect the median.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Median comparisons use two full calendar years five years apart, with at least five sales in each. Different properties may have sold; this is not a house-price index or a prediction of returns.
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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Rowbottom Square, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- Trans4orm 430m · 5 min walk
- Jetts Fitness 452m · 6 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Footprint Podiatry and Therapy Clinic 302m · 4 min walk
- Thomas Linacre Outpatient Centre 638m · 8 min walk
- Newtown Chiropody Clinic 1870m · 23 min walk
- Worsley Mesnes Health Centre 1928m · 24 min walk
libraries (3)
- Wigan 110m · 1 min walk
- Book-Cycle Beech Hill 1548m · 19 min walk
- Ince 1853m · 23 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Pier Quarter Garden 674m · 8 min walk
- Mesnes Park 919m · 12 min walk
- Gordon Street Community Garden 1057m · 13 min walk
- Platt Lane Play Area 1196m · 15 min walk
- Marylebone Park 1749m · 22 min walk
schools (5)
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College 508m · 6 min walk
- Mab's Cross Primary School 632m · 8 min walk
- St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School 632m · 8 min walk
- Douglas Valley Nursery School 691m · 9 min walk
- St Catharine's CofE Primary School 963m · 12 min walk
Transport Links
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Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees.
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