# WN8 6RW

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.558689, -2.77489
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VH65G+F2
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83on
- **Qibla:** 117.9°
- **Grid reference:** SD 48767 07174
- **UTM:** 30U 514911 5934446
- **Elevation:** 69m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** West Lancashire (E07000127)
- **Ward:** Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre (E05014941)
- **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:** E58000818
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01025480
- **2021 MSOA:** Skelmersdale Central (E02005313)
- **2021 output area:** E00129307
- **2011 LSOA:** E01025480
- **2011 MSOA:** E02005313
- **2011 output area:** E00129307
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33008782
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8D1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 5614
- **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 | 3588 |
| Hospital | Wrightington Hospital | 5431 |
| GP | Ashurst Primary Care | 524 |
| School | Cobbs Brow School | 448 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 21919 |
| Bus stop | Fairburn | 202 |
| Food bank | Skelmersdale & District | 792 |
| Defibrillator | Friends Of Tawd Valley Centre | 626 |
| Pharmacy | Rowlands Pharmacy | 498 |
| Post office | Ashurst Post Office | 512 |
| Library | Skelmersdale Library | 957 |
| Coast | — | 19365 |
| Central London | — | 289936 |

## 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 6RN](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206RN)
- [WN8 6RL](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206RL)
- [WN8 6TH](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206TH)
- [WN8 6DY](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206DY)

## Boundary

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