# WN8 6SS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.56253, -2.778508
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VH67C+2H
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83on
- **Qibla:** 117.9°
- **Grid reference:** SD 48532 07604
- **UTM:** 30U 514670 5934873
- **Elevation:** 69m
- **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:** 1982-03

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01025469
- **2021 MSOA:** Skelmersdale Ashurst (E02005312)
- **2021 output area:** E00129258
- **2011 LSOA:** E01025469
- **2011 MSOA:** E02005312
- **2011 output area:** E00129258
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33008776
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Constrained City Dwellers (7C3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 9247
- **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 | 3192 |
| Hospital | Wrightington Hospital | 5364 |
| GP | Ashurst Primary Care | 390 |
| School | Cobbs Brow School | 256 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 21438 |
| Bus stop | Lyndhurst | 98 |
| Food bank | Skelmersdale & District | 1274 |
| Defibrillator | Maharishi School - Secondary | 274 |
| Pharmacy | Rowlands Pharmacy | 351 |
| Post office | Ashurst Post Office | 356 |
| Library | Skelmersdale Library | 1385 |
| Coast | — | 18934 |
| Central London | — | 290418 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WN8 6QP](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206QP)
- [WN8 6SD](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206SD)
- [WN8 6QN](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206QN)
- [WN8 6TE](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206TE)
- [WN8 6TF](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206TF)
- [WN8 6QW](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%206QW)

## Boundary

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