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WN8 7TS

Rural North East · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Rural North East
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 7RA 185 m
WN8 7RJ 249 m
WN8 7RH 267 m
WN8 7RL 312 m
WN8 7RP 419 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 7TS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 7
Latitude
53.575152
Longitude
-2.767141
British National Grid easting
349,300
British National Grid northing
409,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Rural North East · E05014936
Parish or community
E04005304
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129452
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 005A · E01025510
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 005 · E02005308

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
27
Secondary
3

  1. Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    813 m

  2. Maharishi Free School

    Free schools

    1.2 km

  3. St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
237
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 103
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 23
  • Other theft 13
  • Public order 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    1.4 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    2.0 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    2.8 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    3.8 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    3.8 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    4.1 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    4.2 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Beacon Lane

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.6 miles

  • Beacon Lane

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.6 miles

  • Northfield

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.7 miles

  • Northfield

    BCT · Ashurst

    0.8 miles

  • Ash Brow

    BCT · Parbold

    0.8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 3 secondary schools. Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 813 m.

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

Recorded crime

237 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 103 events.

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