# WN8 6RU

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.564644, -2.783801
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VH678+VF
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83on
- **Qibla:** 117.9°
- **Grid reference:** SD 48184 07843
- **UTM:** 30U 514319 5935107
- **Elevation:** 48m
- **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:** 1992-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01025468
- **2021 MSOA:** Skelmersdale Ashurst (E02005312)
- **2021 output area:** E00129251
- **2011 LSOA:** E01025468
- **2011 MSOA:** E02005312
- **2011 output area:** E00129251
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33008775
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1B1)
- **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 | 3041 |
| Hospital | Wrightington Hospital | 5533 |
| GP | Ashurst Primary Care | 748 |
| School | Cobbs Brow School | 484 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 21105 |
| Bus stop | Merewood | 95 |
| Food bank | Skelmersdale & District | 1639 |
| Defibrillator | Friends Of Tawd Valley Centre | 382 |
| Pharmacy | Rowlands Pharmacy | 717 |
| Post office | Ashurst Post Office | 717 |
| Library | Skelmersdale Library | 1686 |
| Coast | — | 18513 |
| Central London | — | 290821 |

## 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 6RX](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206RX)
- [WN8 6SZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206SZ)
- [WN8 6SY](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206SY)
- [WN8 6RJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206RJ)
- [WN8 6PS](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206PS)
- [WN8 6HW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206HW)
- [L40 6JJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/L40%206JJ)

## Boundary

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