| Postcode | WN8 8QP |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Wigan, Skelmersdale |
| Nearest station | Rainford (4 km) |
| Bus stops |
Mill Lane (SE)
Apsen Way (SW)
Millbrook Close (W)
Millbrook Close (E)
Pine Close (W)
Staveley Road (W)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 17 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Thornton, Skelmersdale
2 Thornton, Skelmersdale
4 Thornton, Skelmersdale
5 Thornton, Skelmersdale
6 Thornton, Skelmersdale
11 Thornton, Skelmersdale
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.553506 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.792199 | |
| Easting | 347614 | |
| Northing | 406612 | |
| Grid reference | SD476066 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 513766 5933866 | |
| what3words | decompose.spires.hoped | |
| FixPhrase | crown lushness snugness unlocking | |
| Plus code | 9C5VH635+C4 | |
| Altitude | 55 metres (179 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:14 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:54 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 18.1 KMs (11.3 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) | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 13 | |
| 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) | E00129513 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | West Lancashire 009D | E01025522 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Lancashire 009D | E01025522 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Skelmersdale Ashurst | E02005312 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Skelmersdale Ashurst | E02005312 |
| Travel to work area | Liverpool | E30000233 |
| Average property price in Wigan | £191,253 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.9% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Thornton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Mar 2025 | £92,000 |
| 5 Thornton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Sep 2024 | £130,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2020 | £86,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Mar 2017 | £82,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Feb 2014 | £65,000 | |
| 1 Thornton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | May 2015 | £85,000 |
| 4 Thornton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Jan 2014 | £67,000 |
| 6 Thornton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Feb 2011 | £74,000 |
| 2 Thornton, Skelmersdale | Terraced (freehold) | Sep 2003 | £56,500 |