| Postcode | WN8 6PE |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Wigan, Skelmersdale |
| Nearest station | Upholland (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
Flimby (NE)
Harsnips (E)
Hallcroft (W)
Hillside Health Centre (E)
Elmstead (W)
Community Centre (N)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 89 View |
| Known addresses |
8 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
16 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
18 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
28 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
30 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
36 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
38 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
40 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
50 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
52 Flaxton, Skelmersdale
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.552314 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.764087 | |
| Easting | 349475 | |
| Northing | 406459 | |
| Grid reference | SD494064 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 515629 5933739 | |
| what3words | derailed.everyone.variation | |
| FixPhrase | crown lushness snowstorm unabashed | |
| Plus code | 9C5VH62P+W9 | |
| Altitude | 88 metres (288 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:15 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:53 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 19.6 KMs (12.2 miles) |
| Parish | West Lancashire, unparished area | E43000101 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre | E05014941 |
| Local Authority District | West Lancashire | E07000127 |
| County Electoral Division | Skelmersdale Central | E58000818 |
| Local Authority | Lancashire | E10000017 |
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 |
| Constituency (2024) | West Lancashire | E14001577 |
| MP | Ashley Dalton | Labour |
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Chorley and West Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Population (2011) | 139 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 65 | |
| 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 major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Skelmersdale | E63008266 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00129318 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | West Lancashire 010D | E01025482 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Lancashire 010D | E01025482 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Skelmersdale Central | E02005313 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Skelmersdale Central | E02005313 |
| Travel to work area | Liverpool | E30000233 |
| Average property price in Wigan | £191,253 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.9% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2025 | £106,000 |
| 38 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2023 | £112,000 |
| 36 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2019 | £59,500 |
| 30 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2016 | £68,000 |
| 52 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Oct 2013 | £56,750 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2002 | £32,950 | |
| 18 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Flat (freehold) | Nov 2007 | £69,000 |
| 40 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2005 | £64,995 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2004 | £41,000 | |
| 16 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Apr 2005 | £73,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2001 | £13,419 | |
| 50 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Aug 1998 | £25,000 |
| 8 Flaxton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Aug 1998 | £26,000 |