| Postcode | PR8 5BU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Southport | 
| Nearest station | Southport (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Sefton Street (SE) Linaker Street (SE) Duke Street (NE) Southbank Road (SW) Eastbank Street (NE) Hampton Road (SE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 1 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 53.638616 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.00223 | |
| Easting | 333833 | |
| Northing | 416256 | |
| Grid reference | SD338162 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 499852 5943315 | |
| what3words | united.snacks.places | |
| FixPhrase | crucial luridness skipping unskilled | |
| Plus code | 9C5RJXQX+C4 | |
| Altitude | 9 metres (29 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:42 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 2.3 KMs (1.4 miles) | 
| Parish | Sefton, unparished area | E43000168 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Kew | E05000941 | 
| Metropolitan District | Sefton | E08000014 | 
| County | Merseyside | E11000013 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Southport | E14001504 | 
| MP | Patrick Hurley | Labour | 
| Police force | Merseyside | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Sefton | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Merseyside | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 2025 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Southport | E63008135 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00035482 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sefton 007C | E01006994 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sefton 007C | E01006994 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Southport South | E02001435 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Southport South | E02001435 | 
| Travel to work area | Liverpool | E30000233 | 
| Average property price in Preston | £215,089 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.5% |