WN8 0LW

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 0LT 69 m
WN8 0LU 111 m
WN8 0LS 148 m
WN8 0LP 151 m
WN8 0NN 166 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 0LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 0
Latitude
53.540839
Longitude
-2.719968
British National Grid easting
352,385
British National Grid northing
405,150

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
E00129579
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 015D · E01025537
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 015 · E02005318

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

98 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Holly Cottage, 22, School Lane, Upholland, Skelmersdale, WN8 0LW 28 April 2026 £178,700
11, School Lane, Upholland, Skelmersdale, WN8 0LW 16 December 2025 £215,000
49, School Lane, Upholland, Skelmersdale, WN8 0LW 28 May 2025 £175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
41
Secondary
5
  1. St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    754 m
  2. Orrell Holgate Academy

    Academy converter

    978 m
  3. St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
304
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 133
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Criminal damage and arson 22
  • Burglary 16
  • Vehicle crime 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
121

61 female, 60 male

Postcode households
64
Residents per household
1.9
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 1.9% 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+
98.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
98.7%
Gigabit-capable
98.7%
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 straight-line

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    1.4 km

  • BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB

    ODS code P92008

    2.1 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    2.6 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    3.1 km

  • NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P92021

    3.3 km

  • PEMBERTON SURGERY

    SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX

    ODS code P92019

    3.3 km

  • MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL

    ODS code Y02885

    3.6 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    3.9 km

  • SAXENA L

    HOLMES HOUSE AVENUE, WINSTANLEY, WIGAN, WN3 6JN

    ODS code P92038

    4.0 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    4.3 km

  • EXTENDED ACCESS

    BEVAN HSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, SMITHY BROOK ROAD, WIGAN, WN3 6PR

    ODS code Y05088

    4.3 km

  • WIGAN BOROUGH SPECIALIST SERVICES

    WIGAN GP ALLIANCE LLP, BEVAN HOUSE, 17 BEECHAM COURT, WIGAN, WN3 6PR

    ODS code Y07697

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Owl Inn

    BCT · Up Holland

    0.0 miles
  • Owl Inn

    BCT · Up Holland

    0.0 miles
  • Parliament Street

    BCT · Up Holland

    0.1 miles
  • Parliament Street

    BCT · Up Holland

    0.2 miles
  • Spencer's Lane

    BCT · Orrell Post

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 015D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,685 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
Medium risk addresses
5
Low risk addresses
13
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 £151,000 from 11 recorded sales in WN8 0LW. 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

54 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 754 m.

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

Recorded crime

304 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 133 events.

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