PR9 8AN

Rural West · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southport
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
PR9
Postcode sector
PR9 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 9SW 809 m
PR9 8AW 822 m
L40 9AA 830 m
L40 9RX 840 m
L40 9QN 892 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR9 8AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR9
Postcode sector
PR9 8
Latitude
53.629422
Longitude
-2.907487
British National Grid easting
340,084
British National Grid northing
415,147

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005314
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129474
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 003C · E01025514
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 003 · E02005306

Postcode source versions

Explore PR9

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Greenings Farm, Greenings Lane, Scarisbrick, Southport, PR9 8AN 14 September 2018 £612,088

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km
  2. Scarisbrick Hall School

    Other independent school

    2.7 km
  3. Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
PR9 8 residents
10,618

Age bands in PR9 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

1,637 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

974 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

2,356 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

3,227 residents

Age 65 and over
26.2%

2,907 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR9 8 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+
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Bescar Lane Rail Station

    RSE · Bescar Lane

    0.5 miles
  • Bescar Lane Rail Station

    RLY · Bescar Lane

    0.5 miles
  • Bescar Lane Rail Station

    RSE · Bescar Lane

    0.5 miles
  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Bescar

    0.7 miles
  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Bescar

    0.7 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
1
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

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 6 events.

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