Map of WN8 8LA postcode

General information

Postcode	WN8 8LA
Post Town	Wigan, Skelmersdale
Nearest station	Rainford (4 km)
Bus stops	Liverpool Road (SE) Liverpool Road (NW) Brookfield Park PS (NW) Brookfields CPS (S) Kingsbury School (W) Neverstitch Road (E)
Roads in this postcode	Hutton Road Sandy Lane
Number of UPRNs	58 View
Known addresses	7 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 13 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 15 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 17 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 19 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 21 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 25 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 27 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 29 - 31 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 33 - 35 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 37 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 43 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 45 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 47 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 49 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 51 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 53 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 55 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 59 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 61 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 63 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 73 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 77 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 81 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 83 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 85 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 87 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 89 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale 95 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale
Main property type	Terraced
Businesses	CHM SKELMERSDALE LTD DAVLYN DALES LIMITED DESPARD PROPERTIES LTD DOWLS CONSTRUCTION LTD DOWLS DEVELOPMENTS LTD EAST STAR EXPORTS LIMITED ENGTECH SERVICES (NORTH WEST) LIMITED FAIRMAC BUILDING MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED FROGFISH LTD GRADSMART LTD JMO SPORTS LIMITED KABCO GROUP LTD LIVERATION LTD M CARTER LAW LIMITED MC INTEGRATED SERVICES LTD MITCHELL SPRAYBOOTHS LIMITED ROONEY ROOFING LTD SANDY LANE PROPERTY SERVICES LTD STONEHOUSE TYLD LIMITED T ROONEY PROPERTIES LIMITED TAWD VALE PROPERTIES LIMITED TB & V LIMB LTD UNICORN DOMESTIC LIMITED USED BODYSHOP EQUIPMENT LTD WEST CHESHIRE CARPETS LIMITED WEST LANCS LOGISTICS LTD

Geography

	Latitude	53.550182
	Longitude	-2.806747
	Easting	346646
	Northing	406253
	Grid reference	SD466062
	UTM reference	30U 512803 5933493
	what3words	cools.action.commands
	Plus code	9C5VH52V+38
	Altitude	61 metres (201 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	4:50
	Sunset (today)	21:31
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	17.2 KMs (10.7 miles)

Administrative areas

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

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	February 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

Population (2011)	63
Households (2011)	38
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	12,991 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£34,600 Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban	Urban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)	Skelmersdale	E63008266
Census output area (2021)	E00129529
Census output area (2011)	E00129529
Lower layer super output area (2021)	West Lancashire 011D	E01025526
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Lancashire 011D	E01025526
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Skelmersdale West	E02005314
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Skelmersdale West	E02005314
Travel to work area	Liverpool	E30000233

Nearby schools

Trinity Church of England/Methodist School (Primary)

Kingsbury Primary Special School

St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale (Primary)

Brookfield Park Primary School (Primary)

West Lancashire Community High School

Property sales

Average property price in Wigan	£185,708
Annual change	5.0%
View all properties sold in the WN postcode area

Properties recently sold in this postcode

Address	Type	Date	Price
81 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Terraced (freehold)	Nov 2024	£165,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2016	£115,675
	Terraced (freehold)	Mar 2004	£84,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Mar 2000	£36,000
51 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Terraced (freehold)	Mar 2024	£92,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Jul 2002	£45,750
15 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Terraced (freehold)	Feb 2024	£105,000
19 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Terraced (freehold)	Feb 2024	£95,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Aug 2004	£93,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Aug 2001	£39,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Apr 1999	£39,750
49 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Semi-detached (freehold)	Dec 2023	£97,000
	Semi-detached (freehold)	Dec 2000	£43,950
87 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Terraced (freehold)	Aug 2022	£60,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Jan 1998	£20,000
37 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Other (freehold)	Jul 2021	£85,000
25 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Terraced (freehold)	May 2021	£85,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Apr 2009	£95,000
17 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Terraced (freehold)	Jun 2019	£92,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Mar 2007	£104,950
	Terraced (freehold)	Sep 2003	£72,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Sep 2001	£47,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Nov 1999	£38,500
7 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale	Other (freehold)	Mar 2019	£370,083

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