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PR8 5FN

Rural West · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Rural West
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
PR8
Postcode sector
PR8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR8 5FF 77 m
PR8 5JR 129 m
PR8 5HW 136 m
PR8 5RG 144 m
PR8 5JE 159 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR8 5FN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR8
Postcode sector
PR8 5
Latitude
53.630976
Longitude
-2.967283
British National Grid easting
336,132
British National Grid northing
415,372

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Rural West · E05014938
Parish or community
E04005314
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129481
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 003C · E01025514
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 003 · E02005306

Postcode source versions

Explore PR8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
29
Primary
17
Secondary
5

  1. Kew Woods Primary School

    Academy converter

    638 m

  2. Meols Cop High School

    Academy converter

    980 m

  3. Educ8 Southport

    Other independent special school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
929
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 463
  • Public order 102
  • Criminal damage and arson 76
  • Anti social behaviour 64
  • Other theft 63

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

    1.1 km

  • CHRISTIANA HARTLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 CURZON ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6PL

    ODS code N84013

    1.5 km

  • CUMBERLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    58 SCARISBRICK NEW ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6PQ

    ODS code N84005

    1.8 km

  • NORWOOD SURGERY

    11 NORWOOD AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 7EG

    ODS code N84008

    2.2 km

  • ST MARKS MEDICAL CENTRE (TCG MEDICAL)

    42 DERBY ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR9 0TZ

    ODS code N84021

    2.6 km

  • THE FAMILY SURGERY

    107 LIVERPOOL RD, BIRKDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 4DB

    ODS code N84625

    2.9 km

  • GRANGE SURGERY

    41 YORK ROAD, BIRKDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 2AD

    ODS code N84024

    3.1 km

  • CHURCHTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    137 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, CHURCHTOWN, SOUTHPORT, PR9 7LT

    ODS code N84017

    3.4 km

  • THE MARSHSIDE SURGERY

    117 FYLDE ROAD, MARSHSIDE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 9XL

    ODS code N84614

    4.5 km

  • THE CORNER SURGERY (DR MULLA)

    117 FYLDE ROAD, MARSHSIDE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 9XP

    ODS code N84613

    4.6 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Meols View Close

    BCT · Pool Hey

    0.0 miles

  • Meols View Close

    BCT · Pool Hey

    0.0 miles

  • Scarisbrick New Road

    BCT · Meols Cop

    0.2 miles

  • Town Lane Kew

    BCT · Meols Cop

    0.2 miles

  • Cheltenham Way

    BCT · Kew

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 003C, 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

19,575 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

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

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Kew Woods Primary School is the nearest published school at 638 m.

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

Recorded crime

929 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 463 events.

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