CheckNear.me

WN8 6JA

Skelmersdale South · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Ward
Skelmersdale South
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 6NH 291 m
WN8 6LT 318 m
WN8 6NL 321 m
WN8 9JP 337 m
WN8 6HA 377 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 6JA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 October 2011
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 6
Latitude
53.547261
Longitude
-2.776884
British National Grid easting
348,621
British National Grid northing
405,904

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Skelmersdale South · E05014940
Parish or community
E43000101
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129508
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 010F · E01025521
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 010 · E02005313

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
41
Primary
30
Secondary
5

  1. Delph Side Community Primary School

    Community school

    434 m

  2. St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    837 m

  3. St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Voluntary aided school

    946 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
2,311
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 927
  • Anti social behaviour 363
  • Criminal damage and arson 235
  • Other theft 132
  • Public order 132

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WN8 6 residents
17,502

Age bands in WN8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.9%

3,501 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

2,173 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.2%

4,789 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

4,647 residents

Age 65 and over
14.2%

2,508 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    855 m

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    1.6 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    1.8 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    2.0 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    2.0 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    2.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Grimshaw Road

    BCT · Skelmersdale

    0.1 miles

  • Grimshaw Road

    BCT · Skelmersdale

    0.1 miles

  • Whiteledge Road

    BCT · Gillibrands

    0.2 miles

  • Concourse

    BCS · Skelmersdale

    0.2 miles

  • Concourse

    BCS · Skelmersdale

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 010F, 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

6,832 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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

Schools

41 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 5 secondary schools. Delph Side Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 434 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,311 published events cover 12 months, averaging 192.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 927 events.

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