WN8 9SX

Old Skelmersdale · 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 9SY 101 m
WN8 8AJ 111 m
WN8 8AW 163 m
WN8 8AL 167 m
WN8 8AQ 190 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 9SX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 9
Latitude
53.545270
Longitude
-2.799334
British National Grid easting
347,131
British National Grid northing
405,699

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E43000101
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129519
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 011A · E01025523
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 011 · E02005314

Postcode source versions

Explore WN8

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Gladden House, 17, Gladden Place, Skelmersdale, WN8 9SX 18 November 2022 £2,750,000
Gladden House, 17, Gladden Place, Skelmersdale, WN8 9SX 13 August 2021 £1,320,000
Gladden House, 17, Gladden Place, Skelmersdale, WN8 9SX 25 March 2020 £522,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
38
Primary
28
Secondary
4
  1. St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Voluntary aided school

    623 m
  2. Trinity Church of England/Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    780 m
  3. Kingsbury Primary Special School

    Community special school

    818 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
928
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 362
  • Anti social behaviour 167
  • Criminal damage and arson 83
  • Other theft 61
  • Public order 52

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.

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+
76.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
76.9%
Gigabit-capable
76.9%
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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    735 m

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    735 m

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    2.4 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    2.7 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    2.8 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Westgate

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.0 miles
  • Westgate

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles
  • Wheatacre

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles
  • Wheatacre

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles
  • Waverley

    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.

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
2
Low risk addresses
7
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 £2,035,000 from 2 recorded sales in WN8 9SX. 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 4 secondary schools. St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale is the nearest published school at 623 m.

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

Recorded crime

928 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 362 events.

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