Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Sutton Academy is the nearest published school at 169 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WA9 5AH
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 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA9 5AH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 2026
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA9
- Postcode sector
- WA9 5
- Latitude
- 53.425955
- Longitude
- -2.733314
- British National Grid easting
- 351,369
- British National Grid northing
- 392,378
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
- 63
- Primary
- 46
- Secondary
- 7
- 169 m
The Sutton Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 914 m
Eaves Primary School
Community school
- 966 m
Sherdley Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,788
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 850
- Drugs 165
- Criminal damage and arson 151
- Public order 147
- Anti social behaviour 128
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WA9 5 residents
- 13,201
Age bands in WA9 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.2%
2,543 residents
1,481 residents
3,543 residents
3,661 residents
2,337 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
FOUR ACRE HEALTH CENTRE
BURNAGE AVENUE, CLOCK FACE, ST. HELENS, WA9 4QB
ODS code N83021
1.0 km
MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA
ODS code Y02510
1.8 km
THE BOWERY MEDICAL CENTRE
ELEPHANT LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 5PR
ODS code N83050
2.0 km
RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE
333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN
ODS code N83001
2.1 km
RAINHILL VILLAGE SURGERY
529 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LP
ODS code N83010
2.3 km
THE SPINNEY MEDICAL CTR.
WHITTLE STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 3EB
ODS code N83035
2.4 km
LONGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
451 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LL
ODS code N83053
2.6 km
HALL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
28-30 HALL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 1DW
ODS code N83017
3.0 km
BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.
140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP
ODS code N83008
3.1 km
ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN
ODS code N83023
3.2 km
MILL STREET MEDICAL CTR.
2 MILL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2BD
ODS code N83012
3.4 km
BETHANY MEDICAL CENTRE
151 GRAFTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 4GW
ODS code N83054
3.5 km
CENTRAL SURGERY
LOWE HOUSE, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83027
3.5 km
NEWHOLME SURGERY
LOWE HSE HCRC, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83637
3.5 km
ORMSKIRK HOUSE SURGERY
103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83003
3.5 km
PARKFIELD SURGERY
103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83026
3.5 km
LINGHOLME HEALTH CENTRE
ATHERTON STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2HT
ODS code N83007
3.6 km
PHOENIX MEDICAL CENTRE
ATHERTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 2HT
ODS code N83006
3.6 km
ECCLESTON MEDICAL CENTRE
4 MILLFIELDS COURT, ECCLESTON, ST. HELENS, WA10 5RG
ODS code N83614
3.8 km
CEDAR CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
WHISTON PCRC, OLD COLLIERY ROAD, WHISTON, PRESCOT, L35 3SX
ODS code N83609
4.7 km
Showing 20 of 22 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
Sutton Academy
BCT · Lea Green
- 0.3 miles
Sherdley Bus Park
BCT · Sutton
- 0.3 miles
Sherdley Bus Park
BCT · Sutton
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
1,788 published events cover 12 months, averaging 149 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 850 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.