Map of WN8 8FB postcode

General information
Postcode WN8 8FB
Post Town Wigan, Skelmersdale
Nearest station Rainford (4 km)
Bus stops
Old Skelmersdale War Memorial (SE)
Wardens Club (W)
Neverstitch Road (E)
Wardens Club (E)
Liverpool Road (NW)
Liverpool Road (SE)
Known addresses
Apartment 1, 3 Slate Brook Road, Lathom
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.552605
Longitude -2.811291
Easting 346348
Northing 406526
Grid reference SD463065
UTM reference 30U 512502 5933762
what3words lifestyle.victor.lectures
FixPhrase crown lushly snuggle unspoiled
Plus code 9C5VH53Q+2F
Altitude 63 metres (206 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:01
Sunset (today) 16:49
Distance away
Distance to sea 17 KMs (10.6 miles)
Administrative areas
Parish Lathom South E04005320
Ward Rural South E05014937
Local Authority District West Lancashire E07000127
County Electoral Division West Lancashire East E58000827
Local Authority Lancashire E10000017
County Lancashire E10000017
Constituency (2024) West Lancashire E14001577
MP Ashley Dalton Labour
Police force Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 3 Chorley and West Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 2 Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 1 North West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced March 2025
Last updated December 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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
16,057 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£45,800
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Built up area (2024)SkelmersdaleE63008266
Census output area (2021)E00129301
Census output area (2011)E00129301
Lower layer super output area (2021)West Lancashire 008AE01025479
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Lancashire 008AE01025479
Middle layer super output area (2021)Bickerstaffe & NewburghE02005311
Middle layer super output area (2011)Bickerstaffe & NewburghE02005311
Travel to work areaLiverpoolE30000233
Property sales
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Apartment 1, 3 Slate Brook Road, LathomNew build other (freehold)Jan 2025£886,000


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