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PR8 5ED

Kew · Sefton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southport
Ward
Kew
Local authority
Sefton
Constituency
Southport
Postcode district
PR8
Postcode sector
PR8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR8 5DS 43 m
PR8 5FE 121 m
PR8 5QB 130 m
PR8 5DT 134 m
PR8 5BW 180 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR8 5ED
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2020
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR8
Postcode sector
PR8 5
Latitude
53.625115
Longitude
-2.985021
British National Grid easting
334,950
British National Grid northing
414,736

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Electoral ward
Kew · E05016337
Parish or community
E43000168
Westminster constituency
Southport · E14001504
Output area
E00177016
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 008F · E01007002
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 008 · E02001436

Postcode source versions

Explore PR8

Property

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29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
128, Blowick Moss Lane, Southport, PR8 5ED 23 March 2026 £280,000
134, Blowick Moss Lane, Southport, PR8 5ED 1 July 2025 £290,000
160, Blowick Moss Lane, Southport, PR8 5ED 7 March 2025 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
17
Secondary
5

  1. Kew Woods Primary School

    Academy converter

    796 m

  2. Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

  3. Birkdale Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
960
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 487
  • Public order 112
  • Criminal damage and arson 83
  • Other theft 64
  • Anti social behaviour 62

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

11 female, 14 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.1
PR8 5 residents
6,515

Age bands in PR8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

1,376 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

699 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

2,031 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

1,854 residents

Age 65 and over
17.2%

1,239 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR8 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

10

within 5 km

  • KEW SURGERY

    85 TOWN LANE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6RG

    ODS code N84617

    754 m

  • CUMBERLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    58 SCARISBRICK NEW ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6PQ

    ODS code N84005

    1.6 km

  • CHRISTIANA HARTLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 CURZON ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6PL

    ODS code N84013

    1.7 km

  • THE FAMILY SURGERY

    107 LIVERPOOL RD, BIRKDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 4DB

    ODS code N84625

    1.8 km

  • GRANGE SURGERY

    41 YORK ROAD, BIRKDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 2AD

    ODS code N84024

    2.3 km

  • ST MARKS MEDICAL CENTRE (TCG MEDICAL)

    42 DERBY ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR9 0TZ

    ODS code N84021

    2.5 km

  • NORWOOD SURGERY

    11 NORWOOD AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 7EG

    ODS code N84008

    2.8 km

  • CHURCHTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    137 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, CHURCHTOWN, SOUTHPORT, PR9 7LT

    ODS code N84017

    4.3 km

  • AINSDALE VILLAGE SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, 2 LEAMINGTON RD, AINSDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 3LB

    ODS code N84014

    4.3 km

  • AINSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    66 STATION ROAD, AINSDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 3HW

    ODS code N84012

    4.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Southport Business Park

    BCT · Blowick Moss

    0.2 miles

  • Southport Business Park

    BCT · Blowick Moss

    0.2 miles

  • Moss Gardens

    BCT · Halsall

    0.2 miles

  • Folkestone Road

    BCT · Kew

    0.3 miles

  • Folkestone Road

    BCT · Kew

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 008F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,183 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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
5
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
7
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 £257,500 from 6 recorded sales in PR8 5ED. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Sefton is £225,433 in June 2026, up 5.2% year on year.

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Kew Woods Primary School is the nearest published school at 796 m.

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

Recorded crime

960 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 487 events.

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