PR9 8DZ

North Meols & Hesketh Bank · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR4 6XL 320 m
PR4 6XD 666 m
PR4 6XH 680 m
PR9 8DY 928 m
PR4 6XE 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR9 8DZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR9
Postcode sector
PR9 8
Latitude
53.696472
Longitude
-2.887542
British National Grid easting
341,496
British National Grid northing
422,590

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

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Barnaby Croft, Marsh Road, Banks, Southport, PR9 8DZ 24 January 2013 £320,000
Barnaby Croft, Marsh Road, Banks, Southport, PR9 8DZ 8 July 1999 £164,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Banks Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km
  2. Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.8 km
  3. Banks St Stephen's CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Bicycle theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

7 female, 11 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.6
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 0.2% 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

1

within 5 km

  • TARLETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81710

    4.1 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

  • Hundred End Lane

    BCT · Hundred End

    0.1 miles
  • Hundred End Lane

    BCT · Hundred End

    0.1 miles
  • New Lane Pace Nursery

    BCT · Banks

    1.2 miles
  • New Lane Pace Nursery

    BCT · Banks

    1.2 miles
  • Brookfields Farm

    BCT · Banks

    1.3 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
1
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 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Banks Methodist School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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