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WN8 9SR

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 8BX 49 m
WN8 8BP 79 m
WN8 8BS 95 m
WN8 8BL 153 m
WN8 8BQ 189 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 9SR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 9
Latitude
53.545204
Longitude
-2.810365
British National Grid easting
346,400
British National Grid northing
405,700

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
E00129514
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 011A · E01025523
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
36
Primary
23
Secondary
5

  1. St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Voluntary aided school

    454 m

  2. Kingsbury Primary Special School

    Community special school

    916 m

  3. Brookfield Park Primary School

    Community school

    963 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
755
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 295
  • Anti social behaviour 147
  • Criminal damage and arson 74
  • Other theft 47
  • Public order 40

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    604 m

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    604 m

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    3.1 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    3.2 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    3.5 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Derby Road

    BCT · Blaguegate

    0.0 miles

  • Derby Road

    BCT · Blaguegate

    0.0 miles

  • St Richards Church

    BCT · Blaguegate

    0.2 miles

  • St Richards Church

    BCT · Blaguegate

    0.2 miles

  • Liverpool Road

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 011A, 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

11,544 of 33,755

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

36 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale is the nearest published school at 454 m.

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

Recorded crime

755 published events cover 12 months, averaging 62.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 295 events.

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