WN8 0AU

Up Holland · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Skelmersdale
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 0AX 75 m
WN8 0BD 125 m
WN8 0AB 126 m
WN8 0AD 126 m
WN8 0AY 149 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 0AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 0
Latitude
53.541827
Longitude
-2.740780
British National Grid easting
351,007
British National Grid northing
405,274

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005316
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129581
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 015A · E01025534
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 015 · E02005318

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

59 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
82, Denholme, Skelmersdale, WN8 0AU 23 May 2025 £216,000
102, Denholme, Skelmersdale, WN8 0AU 17 February 2025 £200,000
24, Denholme, Skelmersdale, WN8 0AU 8 July 2024 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
34
Secondary
7
  1. Holland Moor Primary School

    Community school

    594 m
  2. St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    686 m
  3. Moorside Community Primary Academy School

    Academy converter

    762 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,316
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 619
  • Anti social behaviour 175
  • Criminal damage and arson 121
  • Other theft 66
  • Drugs 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
154

79 female, 75 male

Postcode households
60
Residents per household
2.6
WN8 0 residents
6,511

Age bands in WN8 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

920 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

626 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.4%

1,249 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

1,847 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,472 residents

This postcode contained 2.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WN8 0 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+
90%
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 straight-line

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    126 m

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    1.3 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

    HILLSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, TANHOUSE ROAD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6DS

    ODS code P81039

    1.8 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    3.2 km

  • BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB

    ODS code P92008

    3.5 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

    SANDY LANE HEALTH CENTRE, SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81112

    4.5 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    4.5 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    4.5 km

  • NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PEMBERTON PC RESOURCE CTR, SHERWOOD DRIVE, WIGAN, WN5 9QX

    ODS code P92021

    4.7 km

  • PEMBERTON SURGERY

    SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX

    ODS code P92019

    4.7 km

  • MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL

    ODS code Y02885

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Daybrook

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles
  • Daybrook

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles
  • Denshaw

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles
  • Denshaw

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles
  • Dearden Way

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 015A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,758 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
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 £210,500 from 7 recorded sales in WN8 0AU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Lancashire is £231,816 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

50 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 7 secondary schools. Holland Moor Primary School is the nearest published school at 594 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,316 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 619 events.

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