WA10 5DS

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 5DW 67 m
WA10 5DT 70 m
WA10 5DU 96 m
WA10 5DJ 119 m
WA10 5DX 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA10 5DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA10
Postcode sector
WA10 5
Latitude
53.459622
Longitude
-2.774033
British National Grid easting
348,704
British National Grid northing
396,152

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
E00034619
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 009C · E01006824
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 009 · E02001414

Postcode source versions

Explore WA10

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
50, Daresbury Road, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 5DS 30 September 2021 £250,000
44, Daresbury Road, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 5DS 19 October 2018 £160,000
60, Daresbury Road, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 5DS 27 July 2017 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
31
Secondary
6
  1. Bleak Hill Primary School

    Community school

    451 m
  2. De La Salle School

    Academy sponsor led

    544 m
  3. St Julie's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    627 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
971
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 479
  • Criminal damage and arson 96
  • Public order 73
  • Anti social behaviour 70
  • Other theft 65

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
50

20 female, 30 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.8
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 0.8% 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

21

within 5 km

  • ECCLESTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83614

    876 m

  • BETHANY MEDICAL CENTRE

    151 GRAFTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 4GW

    ODS code N83054

    1.3 km

  • LINGHOLME HEALTH CENTRE

    ATHERTON STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2HT

    ODS code N83007

    2.0 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL CENTRE

    ATHERTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 2HT

    ODS code N83006

    2.0 km

  • CENTRAL SURGERY

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

    ODS code N83027

    2.1 km

  • NEWHOLME SURGERY

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

    ODS code N83637

    2.1 km

  • ORMSKIRK HOUSE SURGERY

    103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83003

    2.1 km

  • PARKFIELD SURGERY

    103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83026

    2.1 km

  • THE SPINNEY MEDICAL CTR.

    WHITTLE STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 3EB

    ODS code N83035

    2.2 km

  • MILL STREET MEDICAL CTR.

    2 MILL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2BD

    ODS code N83012

    2.3 km

  • THE BOWERY MEDICAL CENTRE

    ELEPHANT LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 5PR

    ODS code N83050

    2.8 km

  • HALL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83017

    2.9 km

  • WINDERMERE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDERMERE AVENUE, ST. HELENS, WA11 7AF

    ODS code N83620

    3.2 km

  • ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN

    ODS code N83023

    3.4 km

  • PARK HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83024

    4.2 km

  • PRESCOT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83603

    4.2 km

  • MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y02510

    4.3 km

  • KENNETH MACRAE MED CENTRE

    32 CHURCH ROAD, RAINFORD, ST. HELENS, WA11 8HJ

    ODS code N83049

    4.5 km

  • RAINFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    17 HIGHER LANE, RAINFORD, ST HELENS, WA11 8AZ

    ODS code N83041

    4.6 km

  • LONGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    451 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LL

    ODS code N83053

    4.7 km

Showing 20 of 21 matching practices.

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Kiln Lane

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • Crocketts Walk

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • Broadway

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • Washbrook Close

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • Bleak Hill Road

    BCT · Bleak Hill Brow

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,795 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 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 £250,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA10 5DS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for St Helens is £186,435 in June 2026, up 11.1% year on year.

Schools

43 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 6 secondary schools. Bleak Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 451 m.

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

Recorded crime

971 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 479 events.

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