WN8 7JJ

Rural North East · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wigan
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 7JH 72 m
WN8 7NS 165 m
WN8 7NH 167 m
WN8 7HZ 168 m
WN8 7HB 187 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 7JJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 7
Latitude
53.589279
Longitude
-2.766128
British National Grid easting
349,384
British National Grid northing
410,571

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005312
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129457
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 005A · E01025510
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 005 · E02005308

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Brookfield, Parbold, Wigan, WN8 7JJ 4 December 2023 £595,000
2, Brookfield, Parbold, Wigan, WN8 7JJ 17 February 2023 £490,000
21, Brookfield, Parbold, Wigan, WN8 7JJ 20 November 2020 £432,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
23
Secondary
3
  1. Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold

    Voluntary aided school

    156 m
  2. Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    482 m
  3. Newburgh Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
96
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 39
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Public order 6
  • Vehicle crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
54

28 female, 26 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.3
WN8 7 residents
4,294

Age bands in WN8 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

550 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

355 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.8%

693 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

1,284 residents

Age 65 and over
30.1%

1,240 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WN8 7 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+
95.8%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
95.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.8%
Gigabit-capable
95.8%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
95.8%
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

4

within 5 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    604 m

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    2.9 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    4.4 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    4.7 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

  • Stocks Tavern

    BCT · Parbold

    0.2 miles
  • Stocks Tavern

    BCT · Parbold

    0.2 miles
  • Lancaster Lane

    BCT · Parbold

    0.2 miles
  • Parbold Rail Station

    RSE · Parbold

    0.2 miles
  • Lancaster Lane

    BCT · Parbold

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 005A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,961 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

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
3
Low risk addresses
2
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 £542,500 from 2 recorded sales in WN8 7JJ. 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold is the nearest published school at 156 m.

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

Recorded crime

96 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 39 events.

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