| Postcode | WN8 8DN |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Wigan, Skelmersdale |
| Nearest station | Rainford (4 km) |
| Bus stops |
Village Inn (W)
Hawthorn Cres (E)
Hawthorn Crescent (W)
Village Inn (E)
Tancaster (NE)
Tancaster (W)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 27 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Fern Close, Skelmersdale
7 Fern Close, Skelmersdale
11 Fern Close, Skelmersdale
12 Fern Close, Skelmersdale
15 Fern Close, Skelmersdale
16 Fern Close, Skelmersdale
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 53.548551 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.797977 | |
| Easting | 347225 | |
| Northing | 406065 | |
| Grid reference | SD472060 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 513385 5933314 | |
| what3words | fleet.stag.handlebar | |
| FixPhrase | crown lushness smudge unplanned | |
| Plus code | 9C5VG6X2+CR | |
| Altitude | 67 metres (220 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:15 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:53 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 17.6 KMs (10.9 miles) |
| Parish | West Lancashire, unparished area | E43000101 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Old Skelmersdale | E05014933 |
| Local Authority District | West Lancashire | E07000127 |
| County Electoral Division | Skelmersdale West | E58000820 |
| 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) | 55 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 26 | |
| 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) | E00129536 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8D3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | West Lancashire 011A | E01025523 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Lancashire 011A | E01025523 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Skelmersdale West | E02005314 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Skelmersdale West | E02005314 |
| Travel to work area | Liverpool | E30000233 |
| Average property price in Wigan | £191,253 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.9% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fern Close, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2024 | £120,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | May 2021 | £88,000 | |
| 11 Fern Close, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Sep 2014 | £85,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Jul 2011 | £95,000 | |
| 16 Fern Close, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2010 | £95,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2000 | £37,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | May 1996 | £39,000 | |
| 12 Fern Close, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Nov 2006 | £118,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2003 | £24,920 | |
| 7 Fern Close, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2006 | £92,500 |
| 15 Fern Close, Skelmersdale | Detached (freehold) | Oct 1999 | £32,000 |