WA12 8AE

Newton-le-Willows East · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
St. Helens
Constituency
St Helens North
Postcode district
WA12
Postcode sector
WA12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA12 8NR 75 m
WA12 8NN 111 m
WA12 8NJ 113 m
WA12 8AF 129 m
WA12 8AH 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA12 8AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA12
Postcode sector
WA12 8
Latitude
53.443303
Longitude
-2.624296
British National Grid easting
358,630
British National Grid northing
394,239

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
St. Helens · E08000013
Parish or community
E43000300
Westminster constituency
St Helens North · E14001509
Output area
E00177023
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 015G · E01006862
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 015 · E02001420

Postcode source versions

Explore WA12

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Liberation Road, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 8AE 9 October 2024 £280,000
3, Liberation Road, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 8AE 4 August 2022 £190,000
5, Liberation Road, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 8AE 11 February 2022 £202,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
32
Secondary
6
  1. Wargrave House School

    Non-maintained special school

    237 m
  2. Wargrave CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    585 m
  3. Newton-le-Willows Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,203
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 561
  • Public order 115
  • Anti social behaviour 104
  • Criminal damage and arson 89
  • Drugs 70

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

10 female, 9 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.4
WA12 8 residents
9,053

Age bands in WA12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

1,903 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

945 residents

Age 25 to 44
31%

2,983 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

2,385 residents

Age 65 and over
14.6%

1,408 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA12 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

11

within 5 km

  • PATTERDALE LODGE MED CTRE

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

    ODS code N83002

    1.7 km

  • NEWTON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N83045

    1.8 km

  • VISTA ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code N83005

    2.1 km

  • MODALITY ST HELENS

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

    ODS code N83020

    3.5 km

  • WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    301-302 WESTBROOK CENTRE, WESTBROOK, WARRINGTON, WA5 8UF

    ODS code N81122

    3.9 km

  • FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P92639

    4.5 km

  • GOLBORNE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P92630

    4.5 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code P92012

    4.5 km

  • 4 SEASONS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE

    ODS code N81645

    4.9 km

  • PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE

    ODS code N81083

    4.9 km

  • BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.

    140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP

    ODS code N83008

    4.9 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

  • Church Drive

    BCT · Wargrave

    0.2 miles
  • Church Drive

    BCT · Wargrave

    0.2 miles
  • Fearnley Way

    BCT · Vulcan Village

    0.2 miles
  • Tyrer Road

    BCT · Vulcan Village

    0.2 miles
  • Liverpool Row

    BCT · Vulcan Village

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 015G, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,863 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £196,000 from 4 recorded sales in WA12 8AE. 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

44 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 6 secondary schools. Wargrave House School is the nearest published school at 237 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,203 published events cover 12 months, averaging 100.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 561 events.

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