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WN8 8GD

Old Skelmersdale · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Old Skelmersdale
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 8EW 38 m
WN8 8EP 49 m
WN8 8ER 58 m
WN8 8DU 62 m
WN8 8EZ 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 8GD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
1 July 2001
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 8
Latitude
53.550857
Longitude
-2.799877
British National Grid easting
347,102
British National Grid northing
406,321

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Old Skelmersdale · E05014933
Parish or community
E43000101
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129530
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 011B · E01025524
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 011 · E02005314

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
27
Secondary
5

  1. Kingsbury Primary Special School

    Community special school

    270 m

  2. Trinity Church of England/Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    330 m

  3. Brookfield Park Primary School

    Community school

    363 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,106
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 426
  • Anti social behaviour 200
  • Criminal damage and arson 95
  • Other theft 69
  • Shoplifting 64

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.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    461 m

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    461 m

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    2.3 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    2.3 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    3.1 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    4.0 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Tancaster

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles

  • Tancaster

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles

  • Sherrat Street

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles

  • Willow Drive

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.2 miles

  • Willow Drive

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 011B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,686 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

39 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Kingsbury Primary Special School is the nearest published school at 270 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,106 published events cover 12 months, averaging 92.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 426 events.

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