Schools
60 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Sutton Academy is the nearest published school at 646 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WA9 4QQ
Bold & Lea Green · St. Helens · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bold & Lea Green
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Postcode district
- WA9
- Postcode sector
- WA9 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA9 4QQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 2010
- Terminated
- 1 April 2012
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA9
- Postcode sector
- WA9 4
- Latitude
- 53.421971
- Longitude
- -2.736496
- British National Grid easting
- 351,153
- British National Grid northing
- 391,937
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- St. Helens · E08000013
- Electoral ward
- Bold & Lea Green · E05014122
- Parish or community
- E43000300
- Westminster constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston · E14001510
- Output area
- E00035035
- Lower layer super output area
- St. Helens 024E · E01006912
- Middle layer super output area
- St. Helens 024 · E02006935
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
- 60
- Primary
- 42
- Secondary
- 7
- 646 m
The Sutton Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.0 km
Sutton Manor Community Primary School
Community school
- 1.0 km
Ash Meadow School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,376
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 661
- Drugs 122
- Criminal damage and arson 119
- Public order 112
- Anti social behaviour 109
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WA9 4 residents
- 14,445
Age bands in WA9 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.4%
2,397 residents
1,563 residents
3,606 residents
3,938 residents
2,766 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.
GP practices
24
within 5 km straight-line
FOUR ACRE HEALTH CENTRE
BURNAGE AVENUE, CLOCK FACE, ST. HELENS, WA9 4QB
ODS code N83021
935 m
RAINHILL VILLAGE SURGERY
529 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LP
ODS code N83010
1.9 km
THE BOWERY MEDICAL CENTRE
ELEPHANT LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 5PR
ODS code N83050
2.1 km
MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA
ODS code Y02510
2.3 km
LONGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
451 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LL
ODS code N83053
2.3 km
RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE
333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN
ODS code N83001
2.5 km
THE SPINNEY MEDICAL CTR.
WHITTLE STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 3EB
ODS code N83035
2.7 km
HALL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
28-30 HALL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 1DW
ODS code N83017
3.4 km
BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.
140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP
ODS code N83008
3.5 km
ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN
ODS code N83023
3.7 km
BETHANY MEDICAL CENTRE
151 GRAFTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 4GW
ODS code N83054
3.8 km
MILL STREET MEDICAL CTR.
2 MILL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2BD
ODS code N83012
3.9 km
CENTRAL SURGERY
LOWE HOUSE, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83027
3.9 km
NEWHOLME SURGERY
LOWE HSE HCRC, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83637
3.9 km
ORMSKIRK HOUSE SURGERY
103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83003
3.9 km
PARKFIELD SURGERY
103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83026
3.9 km
ECCLESTON MEDICAL CENTRE
4 MILLFIELDS COURT, ECCLESTON, ST. HELENS, WA10 5RG
ODS code N83614
4.0 km
LINGHOLME HEALTH CENTRE
ATHERTON STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2HT
ODS code N83007
4.0 km
PHOENIX MEDICAL CENTRE
ATHERTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 2HT
ODS code N83006
4.0 km
CEDAR CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
WHISTON PCRC, OLD COLLIERY ROAD, WHISTON, PRESCOT, L35 3SX
ODS code N83609
4.4 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Lea Green Road
BCT · Lea Green
- 0.1 miles
Lea Green Road
BCT · Lea Green
- 0.2 miles
Eurolink
BCT · Sutton Manor
- 0.2 miles
Eurolink
BCT · Sutton Manor
- 0.3 miles
St Michaels Road
BCT · Micklehead Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 024E, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
3,997 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,376 published events cover 12 months, averaging 114.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 661 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.