FY8 5BX

Lytham East · Fylde · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Fylde
Constituency
Fylde
Postcode district
FY8
Postcode sector
FY8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
FY8 5AN 23 m
FY8 5BU 24 m
FY8 5DA 37 m
FY8 5BL 68 m
FY8 5BZ 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
FY8 5BX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2000
Postcode area
FY
Postcode district
FY8
Postcode sector
FY8 5
Latitude
53.740449
Longitude
-2.946537
British National Grid easting
337,666
British National Grid northing
427,533

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Fylde · E07000119
Parish or community
E04013480
Westminster constituency
Fylde · E14001242
Output area
E00127000
Lower layer super output area
Fylde 009F · E01025022
Middle layer super output area
Fylde 009 · E02005211

Postcode source versions

Explore FY8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham

    Voluntary aided school

    660 m
  2. St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham

    Academy converter

    696 m
  3. Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    948 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
478
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 199
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Shoplifting 33
  • Other theft 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
FY8 5 residents
6,008

Age bands in FY8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.9%

702 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

459 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.2%

1,071 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.6%

1,857 residents

Age 65 and over
30.5%

1,794 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider FY8 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERNBANK SURGERY

    LYTHAM PCC, VICTORIA STREET, LYTHAM ST ANNES, FY8 5DZ

    ODS code P81157

    271 m

  • HOLLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    LYTHAM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, VICTORIA STREET, LYTHAM ST ANNES, FY8 5DZ

    ODS code P81077

    271 m

  • ANSDELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    ALBANY ROAD, LYTHAM ST. ANNES, FY8 4GW

    ODS code P81037

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • South St

    BCT · Lytham

    0.1 miles
  • Wordsworth Ave

    BCT · Lytham

    0.1 miles
  • Lytham Hospital

    BCT · Lytham

    0.1 miles
  • Wordsworth Avenue

    BCT · Lytham

    0.1 miles
  • Bedford Rd

    BCT · Lytham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fylde 009F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,168 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham is the nearest published school at 660 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

478 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 199 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.