WA12 0JQ

Haydock · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Haydock
Local authority
St. Helens
Constituency
St Helens North
Postcode district
WA12
Postcode sector
WA12 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN4 9PH 86 m
WN4 9PQ 172 m
WN4 9PP 232 m
WN4 9PF 279 m
WA12 0JF 291 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA12 0JQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA12
Postcode sector
WA12 0
Latitude
53.479795
Longitude
-2.639795
British National Grid easting
357,637
British National Grid northing
398,308

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
St. Helens · E08000013
Electoral ward
Haydock · E05014124
Parish or community
E43000300
Westminster constituency
St Helens North · E14001509
Output area
E00034680
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 005A · E01006836
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 005 · E02001410

Postcode source versions

Explore WA12

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, The Parks, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 0JQ 21 November 2024 £840,079
11, The Parks, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 0JQ 19 September 2024 £1,100,000
10, The Parks, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 0JQ 1 August 2024 £390,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
34
Secondary
7
  1. Ascent Autism Specialist College

    Special post 16 institution

    97 m
  2. The Byrchall High School

    Academy converter

    187 m
  3. St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

    Voluntary aided school

    306 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
286
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 138
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Vehicle crime 28
  • Other theft 20
  • Public order 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA12 0 residents
4,835

Age bands in WA12 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

866 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

507 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.2%

1,188 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

1,171 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

801 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.

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

15

within 5 km straight-line

  • BRYN STREET SURGERY

    ASHTON HEALTH CENTRE, COUNCIL AVENUE, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9AZ

    ODS code Y02378

    863 m

  • MEDICENTRE

    COUNCIL AVENUE, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9AZ

    ODS code P92001

    863 m

  • ASHTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    120 WIGAN ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9SU

    ODS code P92041

    1.7 km

  • MODALITY ST HELENS

    WOODSIDE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, WOODSIDE ROAD, HAYDOCK, ST. HELENS, WA11 0NA

    ODS code N83020

    1.7 km

  • BRYN CROSS SURGERY

    246 WIGAN ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, BRYN, WIGAN, WN4 0AR

    ODS code P92034

    2.4 km

  • VISTA ROAD SURGERY

    VISTA LOCALITY CENTRE, VISTA ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9ED

    ODS code N83005

    2.5 km

  • NEWTON PRACTICE

    1 BELVEDERE ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 0JJ

    ODS code N83045

    2.5 km

  • FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GOLBORNE HEALTH CENTRE, KID GLOVE ROAD, GOLBORNE, WARRINGTON, WA3 3GS

    ODS code P92639

    2.9 km

  • GOLBORNE SURGERY

    GOLBORNE HEALTH CENTRE, KID GLOVE ROAD, GOLBORNE, WARRINGTON, WA3 3GS

    ODS code P92630

    2.9 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    GOLBORNE HEALTH CENTRE, KIDGLOVE ROAD, GOLBORNE, WARRINGTON, WA3 3GS

    ODS code P92012

    2.9 km

  • PATTERDALE LODGE MED CTRE

    PATTERDALE LODGE MEDICAL CENTRE, LEGH STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9NA

    ODS code N83002

    3.1 km

  • BILLINGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FIRST FLOOR GARSWOOD SURGERY, BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD

    ODS code N83019

    3.3 km

  • GARSWOOD SURGERY

    BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD

    ODS code Y00475

    3.3 km

  • SLAG LANE MC

    216 SLAG LANE, LOWTON, WARRINGTON, WA3 2EZ

    ODS code P92648

    4.3 km

  • BRAITHWAITE RD SURGERY

    36 BRAITHWAITE ROAD, LOWTON, WARRINGTON, WA3 2HY

    ODS code P92002

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Haydock Park Gardens

    BCT · Haydock

    0.1 miles
  • Haydock Park

    BCT · Ashton-in-Makerfield

    0.1 miles
  • Byrchall and St Edmund Arrowsmith High Schools

    BCT · Ashton-in-Makerfield

    0.1 miles
  • Byrchall and St Edmund Arrowsmith High Schools

    BCT · Ashton-in-Makerfield

    0.1 miles
  • Byrchall and St Edmund Arrowsmith High Schools

    BCT · Ashton-in-Makerfield

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 005A, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,006 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
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 £1,027,000 from 12 recorded sales in WA12 0JQ. 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

51 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 7 secondary schools. Ascent Autism Specialist College is the nearest published school at 97 m.

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

Recorded crime

286 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 138 events.

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