# WN8 6RT

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.564152, -2.777979
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VH67C+MR
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83on
- **Qibla:** 117.9°
- **Grid reference:** SD 48569 07784
- **UTM:** 30U 514704 5935053
- **Elevation:** 71m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** West Lancashire (E07000127)
- **Ward:** Skelmersdale North (E05014939)
- **Constituency:** West Lancashire (E14001577)
- **County:** Lancashire (E10000017)
- **Parish code:** E43000101
- **Travel to work area:** E30000233
- **Police force area:** E23000003
- **Built-up area:** E63008266
- **County electoral division:** E58000820
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1994-05

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01025468
- **2021 MSOA:** Skelmersdale Ashurst (E02005312)
- **2021 output area:** E00129256
- **2011 LSOA:** E01025468
- **2011 MSOA:** E02005312
- **2011 output area:** E00129256
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33008776
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6A2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 30234
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000014
- **ICB location:** E38000200
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000048
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000018

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Parbold | 3008 |
| Hospital | Wrightington Hospital | 5235 |
| GP | Ashurst Primary Care | 362 |
| School | St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale | 370 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 21279 |
| Bus stop | Woodley Park Road | 77 |
| Food bank | Skelmersdale & District | 1432 |
| Defibrillator | Maharishi School - Secondary | 93 |
| Pharmacy | Rowlands Pharmacy | 334 |
| Post office | Ashurst Post Office | 331 |
| Library | Skelmersdale Library | 1562 |
| Coast | — | 18869 |
| Central London | — | 290536 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WN8 6QW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206QW)
- [WN8 6QN](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206QN)
- [WN8 6SW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206SW)
- [WN8 6UQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206UQ)

## Boundary

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