# WA8 5AF

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.390807, -2.738004
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5V97R6+8Q
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83pj
- **Qibla:** 117.8°
- **Grid reference:** SJ 51017 88471
- **UTM:** 30U 517423 5915777
- **Elevation:** 48m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Halton (E06000006)
- **Ward:** Birchfield (E05013172)
- **Constituency:** Widnes and Halewood (E14001584)
- **Parish code:** E43000006
- **Travel to work area:** E30000284
- **Police force area:** E23000006
- **Built-up area:** E63008526
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 2012-02

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01012393
- **2021 MSOA:** Farnworth (E02002574)
- **2021 output area:** E00170544
- **2011 LSOA:** E01012393
- **2011 MSOA:** E02002574
- **2011 output area:** E00170544
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33006907
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 30140
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000014
- **ICB location:** E38000068
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000008
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000005

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Widnes | 1401 |
| Hospital | Whiston Hospital | 4536 |
| GP | Fir Park Medical Centre | 1155 |
| School | Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School | 835 |
| Airport | Liverpool John Lennon Airport | 9673 |
| Bus stop | Birchfield Gardens | 122 |
| Food bank | Widnes | 1110 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 436 |
| Pharmacy | Allied Pharmacy - Upton Rocks | 1249 |
| Post office | Farnworth Post Office | 1330 |
| Library | Widnes Library | 3175 |
| Coast | — | 4560 |
| Central London | — | 274102 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** SP Energy Networks (region D, MPAN 13)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 87.2% gigabit, 100% superfast, 87.2% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WA8 5AY](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA8%205AY)
- [WA8 5AZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA8%205AZ)
- [WA8 5UW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA8%205UW)
- [WA8 5AD](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA8%205AD)
- [WA8 5AH](https://openpostcodes.uk/WA8%205AH)

## Boundary

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