Residents in this Leigh Park postcode have just won £1,000 each on People's Postcode Lottery

The residents in Finchdean Road, Leigh Park, got the weekend off to the best possible start after netting the windfall.

It comes as PO9 4AA was named the daily winner on the People’s Postcode Lottery.

Ambassador Danyl Johnson said: ‘Congratulations to our winners! What a great way to start the weekend, I’m sure this news will have made their day.’

A minimum of 32 per cent of ticket sales goes directly to charities and players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised over £600 million to date for thousands of good causes in Britain and beyond.

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This draw was promoted by The Ramblers which has received over £10.1 million in funding from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The charity works to protect and expand the places where people love to walk.

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