WA11 8LA

Rainford · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA11 8JZ 63 m
WA11 8AJ 84 m
WA11 8AS 86 m
WA11 8BX 143 m
WA11 8AL 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA11 8LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA11
Postcode sector
WA11 8
Latitude
53.503427
Longitude
-2.785913
British National Grid easting
347,969
British National Grid northing
401,034

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
E00034895
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 001C · E01006884
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 001 · E02001406

Postcode source versions

Explore WA11

63 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
61, Croxteth Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8LA 14 November 2025 £227,500
61, Croxteth Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8LA 14 March 2025 £180,000
110, Croxteth Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8LA 13 March 2025 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
18
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. Rainford CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    146 m
  2. Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    404 m
  3. Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    465 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
213
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 115
  • Public order 18
  • Anti social behaviour 15
  • Other theft 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
142

76 female, 66 male

Postcode households
65
Residents per household
2.2
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 2.3% 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
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 straight-line

  • RAINFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83041

    398 m

  • KENNETH MACRAE MED CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83049

    489 m

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    4.3 km

  • WINDERMERE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDERMERE AVENUE, ST. HELENS, WA11 7AF

    ODS code N83620

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Rainford Primary

    BCT · Muncaster

    0.1 miles
  • Higher Lane

    BCT · Muncaster

    0.1 miles
  • Cross Pit Lane

    BCT · Muncaster

    0.1 miles
  • Muncaster Drive

    BCT · Muncaster

    0.1 miles
  • Cross Pit Lane

    BCT · Rainford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,926 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
4
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 £238,750 from 6 recorded sales in WA11 8LA. 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Rainford CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 146 m.

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

Recorded crime

213 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 115 events.

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