# WN8 8AB

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.548033, -2.790648
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VG6X5+6P
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83on
- **Qibla:** 117.9°
- **Grid reference:** SD 47710 06000
- **UTM:** 30U 513871 5933257
- **Elevation:** 62m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** West Lancashire (E07000127)
- **Ward:** Old Skelmersdale (E05014933)
- **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:** E01025521
- **2021 MSOA:** Skelmersdale Central (E02005313)
- **2021 output area:** E00129511
- **2011 LSOA:** E01025521
- **2011 MSOA:** E02005313
- **2011 output area:** E00129511
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33008779
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 6229
- **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 | Rainford | 3458 |
| Hospital | Ormskirk District General Hospital | 5635 |
| GP | Dr A Bisarya | 1090 |
| School | St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 296 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 22743 |
| Bus stop | High Street | 64 |
| Food bank | Skelmersdale & District | 509 |
| Defibrillator | Trinity Primary School | 362 |
| Pharmacy | Asda | 1071 |
| Post office | Sandy Lane Post Office | 963 |
| Library | Skelmersdale Library | 969 |
| Coast | — | 19196 |
| Central London | — | 289680 |

## 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 8NA](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208NA)
- [WN8 8AD](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208AD)
- [WN8 8ND](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208ND)
- [WN8 8NB](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208NB)
- [WN8 8NJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208NJ)
- [WN8 8NE](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208NE)

## Boundary

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