WN8 6UP

Skelmersdale North · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 6UR 40 m
WN8 6UN 87 m
WN8 6HZ 99 m
WN8 6NE 102 m
WN8 6HY 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 6UP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 6
Latitude
53.565183
Longitude
-2.775612
British National Grid easting
348,727
British National Grid northing
407,897

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E43000101
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129255
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 009B · E01025469
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 009 · E02005312

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Maytree Walk, Skelmersdale, WN8 6UP 27 November 2020 £245,000
4, Maytree Walk, Skelmersdale, WN8 6UP 31 October 2017 £230,000
10, Maytree Walk, Skelmersdale, WN8 6UP 5 June 2015 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
27
Secondary
3
  1. St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Voluntary aided school

    206 m
  2. Maharishi Free School

    Free schools

    722 m
  3. Cobbs Brow School

    Community school

    740 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
952
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 388
  • Anti social behaviour 167
  • Criminal damage and arson 95
  • Other theft 52
  • Shoplifting 49

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

19 female, 17 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
3.0
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WN8 6 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

7

within 5 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    290 m

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    1.9 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    2.7 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    2.7 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    3.1 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    3.2 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    3.5 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

  • Northfield

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.0 miles
  • Northfield

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.1 miles
  • Woodley Park Road

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.1 miles
  • Woodley Park Road

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.1 miles
  • Lyndhurst

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 009B, 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

9,949 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
10 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

36 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 3 secondary schools. St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale is the nearest published school at 206 m.

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

Recorded crime

952 published events cover 12 months, averaging 79.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 388 events.

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