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WA11 8GL

Rainford · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Helens
Ward
Rainford
Local authority
St. Helens
Constituency
St Helens North
Postcode district
WA11
Postcode sector
WA11 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA11 8GG 13 m
WA11 8HR 56 m
WA11 8JB 77 m
WA11 8HS 83 m
WA11 8EB 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA11 8GL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA11
Postcode sector
WA11 8
Latitude
53.506244
Longitude
-2.794815
British National Grid easting
347,382
British National Grid northing
401,354

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
St. Helens · E08000013
Electoral ward
Rainford · E05014130
Parish or community
E04013528
Westminster constituency
St Helens North · E14001509
Output area
E00034910
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 001F · E01006887
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 001 · E02001406

Postcode source versions

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Property

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19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Damson Grove Court, 8, Damson Grove, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8GL 18 July 2025 £237,000
Damson Grove Court, 16, Damson Grove, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8GL 24 March 2023 £200,000
Damson Grove Court, 8, Damson Grove, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8GL 24 June 2022 £227,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
12
Secondary
1

  1. A.R.T.S. Education

    Other independent special school

    56 m

  2. Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    276 m

  3. Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    641 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
239
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 132
  • Public order 20
  • Anti social behaviour 19
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Other theft 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

18 female, 16 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.3
WA11 8 residents
6,239

Age bands in WA11 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

802 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

487 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

1,008 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

1,712 residents

Age 65 and over
32.4%

1,922 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA11 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
100%

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

5

within 5 km

  • KENNETH MACRAE MED CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83049

    975 m

  • RAINFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83041

    1.1 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    4.3 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

    SANDY LANE HEALTH CENTRE, SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81112

    5.0 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    5.0 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

  • Eden Avenue

    BCT · Rainford

    0.1 miles

  • Randle Brook Court

    BCT · Rainford

    0.1 miles

  • Old Lane

    BCT · Rainford

    0.1 miles

  • Ormskirk Road

    BCT · Rainford

    0.1 miles

  • Moss Brow

    BCT · Rainford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 001F, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,344 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
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 £213,750 from 4 recorded sales in WA11 8GL. 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. A.R.T.S. Education is the nearest published school at 56 m.

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

Recorded crime

239 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 132 events.

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