Schools
62 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 6 secondary schools. Pace is the nearest published school at 351 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WA9 2AE
Parr · St. Helens · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Parr
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Postcode district
- WA9
- Postcode sector
- WA9 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA9 2AE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA9
- Postcode sector
- WA9 2
- Latitude
- 53.453223
- Longitude
- -2.699450
- British National Grid easting
- 353,649
- British National Grid northing
- 395,389
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- St. Helens · E08000013
- Electoral ward
- Parr · E05014128
- Parish or community
- E43000300
- Westminster constituency
- St Helens North · E14001509
- Output area
- E00034567
- Lower layer super output area
- St. Helens 011C · E01006821
- Middle layer super output area
- St. Helens 011 · E02001416
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WA9
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 62
- Primary
- 44
- Secondary
- 6
- 351 m
Pace
Pupil referral unit
- 402 m
Mill Green School
Community special school
- 407 m
Lansbury Bridge School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,265
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,431
- Criminal damage and arson 354
- Public order 280
- Drugs 276
- Anti social behaviour 219
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 25
- Postcode households
- 25
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- WA9 2 residents
- 7,298
10 female, 15 male
Age bands in WA9 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.3%
1,626 residents
859 residents
2,081 residents
1,773 residents
970 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA9 2 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
- 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
24
within 5 km
BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.
140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP
ODS code N83008
1.0 km
ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN
ODS code N83023
1.6 km
MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA
ODS code Y02510
2.0 km
RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE
333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN
ODS code N83001
2.0 km
HALL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
28-30 HALL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 1DW
ODS code N83017
2.2 km
MILL STREET MEDICAL CTR.
2 MILL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2BD
ODS code N83012
2.7 km
CENTRAL SURGERY
LOWE HOUSE, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83027
2.9 km
NEWHOLME SURGERY
LOWE HSE HCRC, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83637
2.9 km
ORMSKIRK HOUSE SURGERY
103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83003
2.9 km
PARKFIELD SURGERY
103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83026
2.9 km
LINGHOLME HEALTH CENTRE
ATHERTON STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2HT
ODS code N83007
3.1 km
PHOENIX MEDICAL CENTRE
ATHERTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 2HT
ODS code N83006
3.1 km
WINDERMERE MEDICAL CENTRE
WINDERMERE AVENUE, ST. HELENS, WA11 7AF
ODS code N83620
3.1 km
MODALITY ST HELENS
WOODSIDE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, WOODSIDE ROAD, HAYDOCK, ST. HELENS, WA11 0NA
ODS code N83020
3.3 km
VISTA ROAD SURGERY
VISTA LOCALITY CENTRE, VISTA ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9ED
ODS code N83005
3.6 km
PATTERDALE LODGE MED CTRE
PATTERDALE LODGE MEDICAL CENTRE, LEGH STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9NA
ODS code N83002
3.6 km
BETHANY MEDICAL CENTRE
151 GRAFTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 4GW
ODS code N83054
3.9 km
THE SPINNEY MEDICAL CTR.
WHITTLE STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 3EB
ODS code N83035
4.0 km
NEWTON PRACTICE
1 BELVEDERE ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 0JJ
ODS code N83045
4.1 km
FOUR ACRE HEALTH CENTRE
BURNAGE AVENUE, CLOCK FACE, ST. HELENS, WA9 4QB
ODS code N83021
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
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
- 0.1 miles
Moorfoot Road
BCT · Broad Oak
- 0.1 miles
Pennine Drive
BCT · Broad Oak
- 0.1 miles
Mendip Grove
BCT · Broad Oak
- 0.1 miles
Pennine Drive
BCT · Parr
- 0.1 miles
Pennine Drive
BCT · Parr
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 011C, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
483 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
Recorded crime
3,265 published events cover 12 months, averaging 272.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,431 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.