WN8 9QS

Up Holland · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Skelmersdale
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 9QU 81 m
WN8 9DA 127 m
WN8 9QT 152 m
WN8 9QR 185 m
WN8 9QP 420 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 9QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 9
Latitude
53.518713
Longitude
-2.760073
British National Grid easting
349,701
British National Grid northing
402,716

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005316
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129576
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 015B · E01025535
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 015 · E02005318

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

87 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
70, Crawford Road, Crawford Village, Skelmersdale, WN8 9QS 18 March 2026 £220,000
99, Crawford Road, Crawford Village, Skelmersdale, WN8 9QS 9 March 2026 £162,000
86, Crawford Road, Crawford Village, Skelmersdale, WN8 9QS 10 October 2025 £185,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
28
Secondary
3
  1. Crawford Village Primary School

    Community school

    705 m
  2. Hope High School

    Community special school

    1.9 km
  3. Rainford High School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
29
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Burglary 4
  • Public order 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
121

65 female, 56 male

Postcode households
51
Residents per household
2.4
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

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WN8 9 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+
98%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
98%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
98%
Gigabit-capable
98%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
96.1%

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

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    2.2 km

  • RAINFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83041

    2.5 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    2.7 km

  • KENNETH MACRAE MED CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83049

    2.8 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    3.5 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    4.7 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    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

  • Oakleigh

    BCT · Crawford

    0.1 miles
  • Oakleigh

    BCT · Crawford

    0.1 miles
  • Parish Hall

    BCT · Crawford

    0.1 miles
  • Parish Hall

    BCT · Crawford

    0.1 miles
  • Manor House Drive

    BCT · Crawford

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 015B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,846 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £177,500 from 9 recorded sales in WN8 9QS. 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

38 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 3 secondary schools. Crawford Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 705 m.

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

Recorded crime

29 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 7 events.

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