Map of WN8 8FG postcode

General information
Postcode WN8 8FG
Post Town Wigan, Skelmersdale
Nearest station Rainford (4 km)
Bus stops
Wardens Club (W)
Neverstitch Road (E)
Old Skelmersdale War Memorial (SE)
Wardens Club (E)
Liverpool Road (NW)
Liverpool Road (SE)
Known addresses
2 Goose Brook Drive, Lathom
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.553277
Longitude -2.811591
Easting 346329
Northing 406601
Grid reference SD463066
UTM reference 30U 512481 5933837
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Plus code 9C5VH53Q+89
Altitude 61 metres (199 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:14
Sunset (today) 15:54
Distance away
Distance to sea 17 KMs (10.6 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishLathom SouthE04005320
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
MPAshley DaltonLabour
Police forceLancashire
NUTS/ITL 3 Chorley and West Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 2 Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 1 North West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced July 2024
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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
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)1A2
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
Average property price in Wigan £191,253
Annual change 3.9%
View all properties sold in the WN postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2 Goose Brook Drive, LathomNew build detached (freehold)Jul 2024£262,995


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