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WN8 9BT

Skelmersdale South · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Skelmersdale South
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 9HS 35 m
WN8 9HR 43 m
WN8 9BS 59 m
WN8 9HP 61 m
WN8 9HY 86 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 9BT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1997
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 9
Latitude
53.537377
Longitude
-2.758084
British National Grid easting
349,855
British National Grid northing
404,791

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Skelmersdale South · E05014940
Parish or community
E43000101
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129428
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 014D · E01025504
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 014 · E02005317

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
29
Secondary
7

  1. Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    168 m

  2. Hope High School

    Community special school

    419 m

  3. Moorside Community Primary Academy School

    Academy converter

    496 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,566
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 700
  • Anti social behaviour 205
  • Criminal damage and arson 158
  • Other theft 88
  • Drugs 76

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WN8 9 residents
8,647

Age bands in WN8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.1%

1,941 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.5%

1,200 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,601 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.6%

2,464 residents

Age 65 and over
14.8%

1,431 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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    120 m

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    1.2 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    1.4 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    3.0 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    3.5 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    3.5 km

  • RAINFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    17 HIGHER LANE, RAINFORD, ST HELENS, WA11 8AZ

    ODS code N83041

    4.4 km

  • BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB

    ODS code P92008

    4.6 km

  • KENNETH MACRAE MED CENTRE

    32 CHURCH ROAD, RAINFORD, ST. HELENS, WA11 8HJ

    ODS code N83049

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Shopping Parade

    BCT · Digmoor

    0.1 miles

  • Birkrig

    BCT · Digmoor

    0.1 miles

  • Digmoor Road

    BCT · Digmoor

    0.2 miles

  • Digmoor Road

    BCT · Clay Brow

    0.2 miles

  • Bearncroft

    BCT · Digmoor

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 014D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,565 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 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

44 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 7 secondary schools. Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 168 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,566 published events cover 12 months, averaging 130.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 700 events.

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