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WA11 8GX

Rainford · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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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 8LD 38 m
WA11 8LB 57 m
WA11 8LF 68 m
WA11 8BL 76 m
WA11 8BD 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA11 8GX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA11
Postcode sector
WA11 8
Latitude
53.497103
Longitude
-2.775621
British National Grid easting
348,644
British National Grid northing
400,323

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
E00034897
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 001A · E01006882
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 001 · E02001406

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
17
Secondary
3

  1. Rainford CofE Primary School

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    841 m

  2. Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School

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    1.3 km

  3. Rainford High School

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    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
162
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 92
  • Public order 11
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Other crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • RAINFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83041

    584 m

  • KENNETH MACRAE MED CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83049

    750 m

  • WINDERMERE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDERMERE AVENUE, ST. HELENS, WA11 7AF

    ODS code N83620

    3.9 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    4.7 km

  • LINGHOLME HEALTH CENTRE

    ATHERTON STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2HT

    ODS code N83007

    4.8 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL CENTRE

    ATHERTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 2HT

    ODS code N83006

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Rookery Drive

    BCT · Muncaster

    0.0 miles

  • Rookery Lane

    BCT · Muncaster

    0.1 miles

  • Rookery Lane

    BCT · Muncaster

    0.1 miles

  • Rookery Drive

    BCT · Muncaster

    0.1 miles

  • Derby Drive

    BCT · Rainford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

29,259 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Rainford CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 841 m.

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

Recorded crime

162 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 92 events.

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