WA10 5AE

Eccleston · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St. Helens
Local authority
St. Helens
Postcode district
WA10
Postcode sector
WA10 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA10 5AF 44 m
WA10 5FS 90 m
WA10 5AQ 104 m
WA10 5AL 127 m
WA10 5NX 157 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA10 5AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA10
Postcode sector
WA10 5
Latitude
53.452317
Longitude
-2.779125
British National Grid easting
348,357
British National Grid northing
395,343

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
St. Helens · E08000013
Electoral ward
Eccleston · E05014123
Parish or community
E04013527
Output area
E00034605
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 009A · E01006822
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 009 · E02001414

Postcode source versions

Explore WA10

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
560, Burrows Lane, Eccleston, St. Helens, WA10 5AE 22 March 2001 £65,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
36
Secondary
7
  1. Eccleston Mere Primary School

    Community school

    159 m
  2. St Julie's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    541 m
  3. De La Salle School

    Academy sponsor led

    722 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
791
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 382
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Public order 68
  • Anti social behaviour 55
  • Other theft 53

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
WA10 5 residents
6,194

Age bands in WA10 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%

977 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

501 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

1,336 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

1,579 residents

Age 65 and over
26.9%

1,619 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA10 5 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

20

within 5 km

  • ECCLESTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 MILLFIELDS COURT, ECCLESTON, ST. HELENS, WA10 5RG

    ODS code N83614

    635 m

  • BETHANY MEDICAL CENTRE

    151 GRAFTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 4GW

    ODS code N83054

    1.4 km

  • THE SPINNEY MEDICAL CTR.

    WHITTLE STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 3EB

    ODS code N83035

    1.8 km

  • THE BOWERY MEDICAL CENTRE

    ELEPHANT LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 5PR

    ODS code N83050

    2.3 km

  • LINGHOLME HEALTH CENTRE

    ATHERTON STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2HT

    ODS code N83007

    2.4 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL CENTRE

    ATHERTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 2HT

    ODS code N83006

    2.4 km

  • CENTRAL SURGERY

    LOWE HOUSE, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83027

    2.5 km

  • NEWHOLME SURGERY

    LOWE HSE HCRC, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83637

    2.5 km

  • ORMSKIRK HOUSE SURGERY

    103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83003

    2.5 km

  • PARKFIELD SURGERY

    103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83026

    2.5 km

  • MILL STREET MEDICAL CTR.

    2 MILL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2BD

    ODS code N83012

    2.6 km

  • HALL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    28-30 HALL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 1DW

    ODS code N83017

    3.1 km

  • PARK HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESCOT P/CARE RES CTR, SEWELL STREET, PRESCOT, L34 1ND

    ODS code N83024

    3.3 km

  • PRESCOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESCOT P/CARE RES CTR, SEWELL STREET, PRESCOT, L34 1ND

    ODS code N83603

    3.3 km

  • ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN

    ODS code N83023

    3.7 km

  • LONGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    451 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LL

    ODS code N83053

    3.9 km

  • WINDERMERE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDERMERE AVENUE, ST. HELENS, WA11 7AF

    ODS code N83620

    3.9 km

  • RAINHILL VILLAGE SURGERY

    529 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LP

    ODS code N83010

    4.2 km

  • MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA

    ODS code Y02510

    4.2 km

  • CEDAR CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHISTON PCRC, OLD COLLIERY ROAD, WHISTON, PRESCOT, L35 3SX

    ODS code N83609

    4.4 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

  • Bobbys Lane

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.0 miles
  • Millfields

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • The Avenue

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • The Avenue

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • The Spires

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 009A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,044 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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

48 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 7 secondary schools. Eccleston Mere Primary School is the nearest published school at 159 m.

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

Recorded crime

791 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 382 events.

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