FY8 5HX

Lytham West · Fylde · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lytham St Annes
Local authority
Fylde
Constituency
Fylde
Postcode district
FY8
Postcode sector
FY8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
FY8 5HB 61 m
FY8 5DG 102 m
FY8 5EQ 112 m
FY8 5EY 115 m
FY8 5ED 121 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
FY8 5HX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
FY
Postcode district
FY8
Postcode sector
FY8 5
Latitude
53.737172
Longitude
-2.950572
British National Grid easting
337,395
British National Grid northing
427,172

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
E00126846
Lower layer super output area
Fylde 009A · E01024990
Middle layer super output area
Fylde 009 · E02005211

Postcode source versions

Explore FY8

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Riversdale Lodge, 6, East Beach, Lytham St Annes, FY8 5HX 12 June 2026 £365,000
Riversdale Lodge, 1, East Beach, Lytham St Annes, FY8 5HX 15 August 2025 £265,000
Riversdale Lodge, 6, East Beach, Lytham St Annes, FY8 5HX 17 November 2016 £370,000

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

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

    Academy converter

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

    Voluntary aided school

    977 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
488
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 202
  • Anti social behaviour 96
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Shoplifting 33
  • Other theft 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.0
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 0.1% 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERNBANK SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81157

    268 m

  • HOLLAND HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81077

    268 m

  • ANSDELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    ALBANY ROAD, LYTHAM ST. ANNES, FY8 4GW

    ODS code P81037

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Grosvenor Street

    BCT · Lytham

    0.0 miles
  • Grosvenor Street

    BCT · Lytham

    0.1 miles
  • Lytham Hospital

    BCT · Lytham

    0.1 miles
  • St John's Street

    BCT · Lytham

    0.2 miles
  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Lytham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fylde 009A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,622 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £315,000 from 2 recorded sales in FY8 5HX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Fylde is £233,647 in June 2026, up 8.7% year on year.

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 786 m.

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

Recorded crime

488 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 202 events.

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