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WN8 9UQ

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 8AQ 81 m
WN8 8AG 101 m
WN8 8AJ 148 m
WN8 9SP 151 m
WN8 8AH 192 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WN8 9UQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
WN
Postcode district
WN8
Postcode sector
WN8 9
Latitude
53.546195
Longitude
-2.796801
British National Grid easting
347,300
British National Grid northing
405,800

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
E00129519
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
38
Primary
28
Secondary
4

  1. Trinity Church of England/Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    636 m

  2. St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Voluntary aided school

    718 m

  3. St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    795 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,183
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 421
  • Anti social behaviour 210
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Shoplifting 93
  • Public order 83

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

    795 m

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    795 m

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81039

    2.2 km

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    2.5 km

  • EXCEL PRIMARY CARE

    BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, BIRLEYWOOD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 9BW

    ODS code P81208

    2.7 km

  • HALL GREEN SURGERY

    164 ORMSKIRK ROAD, UPHOLLAND, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 0AB

    ODS code P81084

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Whitehey Road

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles

  • Whitehey Road

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles

  • Wheatacre

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles

  • Hawthorn Crescent

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 miles

  • Hawthorn Cres

    BCT · Pennylands

    0.1 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

38 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is the nearest published school at 636 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,183 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 421 events.

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