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WN8 8FJ

Rural South · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Rural South
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 8FH 52 m
WN8 8TR 110 m
WN8 8AS 115 m
WN8 8FD 125 m
WN8 8FB 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 8FJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 8
Latitude
53.551643
Longitude
-2.812586
British National Grid easting
346,261
British National Grid northing
406,418

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Rural South · E05014937
Parish or community
E43000101
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129525
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 011D · E01025526
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 011 · E02005314

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
34
Primary
23
Secondary
4

  1. St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Voluntary aided school

    506 m

  2. West Lancashire Community High School

    Community special school

    582 m

  3. Brookfield Park Primary School

    Community school

    587 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
799
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 322
  • Anti social behaviour 150
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Other theft 52
  • Public order 42

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WN8 8 residents
10,445

Age bands in WN8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,604 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

1,213 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

2,413 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,687 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,972 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.

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
0%
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

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    420 m

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    420 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

    3.2 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    3.9 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

    4.9 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    4.9 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

  • Wardens Club

    BCT · Blaguegate

    0.1 miles

  • Wardens Club

    BCT · Blaguegate

    0.1 miles

  • Old Skelmersdale War Memorial

    BCT · Blaguegate

    0.2 miles

  • School Lane

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.2 miles

  • Firswood Road

    BCT · Lathom

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 011D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,360 of 33,755

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

34 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale is the nearest published school at 506 m.

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

Recorded crime

799 published events cover 12 months, averaging 66.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 322 events.

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