WA9 4SH

Bold & Lea Green · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Helens
Local authority
St. Helens
Postcode district
WA9
Postcode sector
WA9 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA9 4SQ 105 m
WA9 4SG 192 m
WA9 4SF 283 m
WA9 4SW 405 m
WA9 4SX 492 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA9 4SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA9
Postcode sector
WA9 4
Latitude
53.423526
Longitude
-2.688444
British National Grid easting
354,348
British National Grid northing
392,078

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
St. Helens · E08000013
Parish or community
E04013526
Output area
E00034983
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 022A · E01006898
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 022 · E02001427

Postcode source versions

Explore WA9

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Park Cottage, Hall Lane, Bold, St Helens, WA9 4SH 28 April 2023 £1,000,000
Park Cottage, Hall Lane, Bold, St. Helens, WA9 4SH 30 July 2007 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
39
Secondary
7
  1. St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km
  2. Willow Tree Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. Sutton Oak CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
311
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 126
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Drugs 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Public order 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
WA9 4 residents
14,445

Age bands in WA9 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

2,397 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,563 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

3,606 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

3,938 residents

Age 65 and over
19.4%

2,766 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA9 4 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+
0%
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

12

within 5 km

  • RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE

    333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN

    ODS code N83001

    1.8 km

  • FOUR ACRE HEALTH CENTRE

    BURNAGE AVENUE, CLOCK FACE, ST. HELENS, WA9 4QB

    ODS code N83021

    2.4 km

  • BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.

    140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP

    ODS code N83008

    2.4 km

  • MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA

    ODS code Y02510

    2.7 km

  • WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81122

    4.1 km

  • ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN

    ODS code N83023

    4.2 km

  • PATTERDALE LODGE MED CTRE

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

    ODS code N83002

    4.3 km

  • HALL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    28-30 HALL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 1DW

    ODS code N83017

    4.4 km

  • CHAPELFORD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    SANTA ROSA BOULEVARD, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 3AL

    ODS code Y04925

    4.5 km

  • PENKETH HEALTH CENTRE

    HONITON WAY, PENKETH, WARRINGTON, WA5 2EY

    ODS code N81020

    4.6 km

  • VISTA ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code N83005

    4.8 km

  • THE BOWERY MEDICAL CENTRE

    ELEPHANT LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 5PR

    ODS code N83050

    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

  • Douglas Avenue

    BCT · Bold

    0.4 miles
  • Douglas Avenue

    BCT · Bold

    0.4 miles
  • Bold Industrial Park

    BCT · Bold

    0.5 miles
  • Bold Industrial Park

    BCT · Bold

    0.6 miles
  • The Pastures

    BCT · Bold

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 022A, 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

5,800 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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 £1,000,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA9 4SH. 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

56 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Anne's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

311 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 126 events.

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