PR9 8DH

North Meols & Hesketh Bank · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR9 8DE 85 m
PR9 8DD 114 m
PR9 8DF 164 m
PR9 8DB 186 m
PR9 8DR 257 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR9 8DH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR9
Postcode sector
PR9 8
Latitude
53.669107
Longitude
-2.904858
British National Grid easting
340,314
British National Grid northing
419,560

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005311
Westminster constituency
Southport · E14001504
Output area
E00129441
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 002B · E01025508
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 002 · E02005305

Postcode source versions

Explore PR9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Banks St Stephen's CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.1 km
  2. Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km
  3. Banks Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
151
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 65
  • Anti social behaviour 32
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Public order 11
  • Other theft 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 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+
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

4

within 5 km

  • THE MARSHSIDE SURGERY

    117 FYLDE ROAD, MARSHSIDE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 9XL

    ODS code N84614

    3.9 km

  • THE CORNER SURGERY (DR MULLA)

    117 FYLDE ROAD, MARSHSIDE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 9XP

    ODS code N84613

    3.9 km

  • CHURCHTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    137 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, CHURCHTOWN, SOUTHPORT, PR9 7LT

    ODS code N84017

    4.1 km

  • TARLETON GROUP PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, GORSE LANE, TARLETON, PRESTON, PR4 6UJ

    ODS code P81710

    4.9 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

  • Brooklyn Country Club

    BCT · Banks

    0.2 miles
  • Riverside Leisure Centre

    BCT · Banks

    0.2 miles
  • Riverside Caravan Park

    BCT · Banks

    0.3 miles
  • Brooklyn Caravan Park

    BCT · Banks

    0.6 miles
  • Brooklyn Caravan Park

    BCT · Banks

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 002B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,774 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Banks St Stephen's CofE School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

151 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 65 events.

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