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WA11 8PD

Rainford · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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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 8PB 150 m
WA11 8PQ 246 m
WA11 8PE 275 m
WA11 8PN 279 m
WA11 8PH 300 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA11 8PD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA11
Postcode sector
WA11 8
Latitude
53.510629
Longitude
-2.778612
British National Grid easting
348,462
British National Grid northing
401,830

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
E00034905
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 001E · E01006886
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 001 · E02001406

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Mayfield, Reeds Brow, Rainford, St. Helens, WA11 8PD 18 October 1996 £62,850

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
21
Secondary
2

  1. Rainford High School

    Academy converter

    392 m

  2. Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    564 m

  3. Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    985 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
232
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 128
  • Public order 19
  • Anti social behaviour 19
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Other theft 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

0 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.1% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

7

within 5 km

  • RAINFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83041

    1.1 km

  • KENNETH MACRAE MED CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83049

    1.4 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    3.4 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    4.2 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

    HILLSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, TANHOUSE ROAD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6DS

    ODS code P81039

    4.4 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    4.8 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    4.8 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

  • Hydes Brow

    BCT · Hydes Brow

    0.2 miles

  • Henderson Drive

    BCT · Hydes Brow

    0.2 miles

  • News Lane

    BCT · Hydes Brow

    0.2 miles

  • Henderson Drive

    BCT · Hydes Brow

    0.2 miles

  • Old Lane

    BCT · Hydes Brow

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

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

26,791 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
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

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 2 secondary schools. Rainford High School is the nearest published school at 392 m.

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

Recorded crime

232 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 128 events.

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