Map of WN8 8QX postcode

General information
Postcode WN8 8QX
Post Town Wigan, Skelmersdale
Nearest station Rainford (4 km)
Bus stops
Thurston (N)
Millbrook Close (E)
Millbrook Close (W)
Willow Drive (SE)
Willow Drive (NW)
Staveley Road (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 43 View
Known addresses
4 Thurston, Skelmersdale
10 Thurston, Skelmersdale
16 Thurston, Skelmersdale
20 Thurston, Skelmersdale
22 Thurston, Skelmersdale
24 Thurston, Skelmersdale
28 Thurston, Skelmersdale
30 Thurston, Skelmersdale
36 Thurston, Skelmersdale
42 Thurston, Skelmersdale
44 Thurston, Skelmersdale
52 Thurston, Skelmersdale
58 Thurston, Skelmersdale
60 Thurston, Skelmersdale
62 Thurston, Skelmersdale
66 Thurston, Skelmersdale
72 Thurston, Skelmersdale
74 Thurston, Skelmersdale
76 Thurston, Skelmersdale
84 Thurston, Skelmersdale
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.554265
Longitude -2.795852
Easting 347373
Northing 406699
Grid reference SD473066
UTM reference 30U 513524 5933950
what3words daring.quitter.collects
Plus code 9C5VH633+PM
Altitude 56 metres (184 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:44
Sunset (today) 21:40
Distance away
Distance to sea 17.9 KMs (11.1 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWest Lancashire, unparished areaE43000101
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
MPAshley DaltonLabour
Police forceLancashire
Water companyUnited 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 June 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) 88
Households (2011) 40
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
16,069 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£41,500
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)SkelmersdaleE63008266
Census output area (2021)E00129513
Census output area (2011)E00129513
Lower layer super output area (2021)West Lancashire 009DE01025522
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Lancashire 009DE01025522
Middle layer super output area (2021)Skelmersdale AshurstE02005312
Middle layer super output area (2011)Skelmersdale AshurstE02005312
Travel to work areaLiverpoolE30000233
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
AddressTypeDatePrice
72 Thurston, SkelmersdaleSemi-detached (freehold)Apr 2024£110,000
10 Thurston, SkelmersdaleTerraced (freehold)Nov 2023£130,000
42 Thurston, SkelmersdaleTerraced (freehold)May 2023£176,000
Terraced (freehold)Dec 2019£130,000
16 Thurston, SkelmersdaleSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2023£130,000
58 Thurston, SkelmersdaleSemi-detached (freehold)May 2021£115,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Jan 2006£120,000
24 Thurston, SkelmersdaleTerraced (freehold)Dec 2020£130,000
Terraced (freehold)Mar 2011£107,000
74 Thurston, SkelmersdaleTerraced (freehold)Jun 2020£167,000
Terraced (freehold)May 2008£121,500
66 Thurston, SkelmersdaleSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2020£144,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Feb 1996£38,950
36 Thurston, SkelmersdaleSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2020£92,000
28 Thurston, SkelmersdaleTerraced (freehold)Nov 2019£120,000
Terraced (freehold)Jan 2014£91,500


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