WN8 0HT

Up Holland · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 0HU 77 m
WN8 0HR 81 m
WN8 0AQ 113 m
WN8 0JP 117 m
WN8 0JB 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 0HT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 0
Latitude
53.541555
Longitude
-2.733879
British National Grid easting
351,464
British National Grid northing
405,239

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
E00129573
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 015C · E01025536
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 015 · E02005318

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
51
Primary
35
Secondary
7
  1. St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    277 m
  2. St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    943 m
  3. Holland Moor Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
777
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 344
  • Anti social behaviour 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 75
  • Other theft 41
  • Other crime 37

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

12 female, 4 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.2% 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+
100%
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

12

within 5 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    503 m

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    1.7 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    2.2 km

  • BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB

    ODS code P92008

    3.0 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    3.5 km

  • NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P92021

    4.3 km

  • PEMBERTON SURGERY

    SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX

    ODS code P92019

    4.3 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    4.3 km

  • MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL

    ODS code Y02885

    4.5 km

  • SAXENA L

    HOLMES HOUSE AVENUE, WINSTANLEY, WIGAN, WN3 6JN

    ODS code P92038

    4.9 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    4.9 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    4.9 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

  • Ormskirk Road

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles
  • Ormskirk Road

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles
  • Dearden Way

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles
  • Millgreen Close

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles
  • Millgreen Close

    BCT · Hall Green

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 015C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,214 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 277 m.

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

Recorded crime

777 published events cover 12 months, averaging 64.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 344 events.

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