PR9 8FN

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
PR9 8FP 67 m
PR9 8FS 96 m
PR9 8FL 101 m
PR9 8FQ 119 m
PR9 8FY 121 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR9 8FN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR9
Postcode sector
PR9 8
Latitude
53.677638
Longitude
-2.920164
British National Grid easting
339,315
British National Grid northing
420,522

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
E00129446
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 002B · E01025508
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 002 · E02005305

Postcode source versions

Explore PR9

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Greaves Close, Banks, Southport, PR9 8FN 7 April 2022 £355,000
6, Greaves Close, Banks, Southport, PR9 8FN 13 January 2021 £293,000
6, Greaves Close, Banks, Southport, PR9 8FN 9 September 2009 £235,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Banks St Stephen's CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    309 m
  2. Banks Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    573 m
  3. St John's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
221
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 97
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Criminal damage and arson 22
  • Public order 13
  • Other theft 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

11 female, 7 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.2% 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+
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

4

within 5 km

  • THE CORNER SURGERY (DR MULLA)

    117 FYLDE ROAD, MARSHSIDE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 9XP

    ODS code N84613

    2.9 km

  • THE MARSHSIDE SURGERY

    117 FYLDE ROAD, MARSHSIDE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 9XL

    ODS code N84614

    2.9 km

  • CHURCHTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    137 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, CHURCHTOWN, SOUTHPORT, PR9 7LT

    ODS code N84017

    3.5 km

  • NORWOOD SURGERY

    11 NORWOOD AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 7EG

    ODS code N84008

    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

  • Guinea Hall Mews

    BCT · Banks

    0.1 miles
  • Guinea Hall Mews

    BCT · Banks

    0.1 miles
  • Schwartzman Drive

    BCT · Banks

    0.2 miles
  • Schwartzman Drive

    BCT · Banks

    0.2 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Banks

    0.2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £355,000 from 1 recorded sale in PR9 8FN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Lancashire is £231,816 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Banks St Stephen's CofE School is the nearest published school at 309 m.

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

Recorded crime

221 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 97 events.

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