# WN8 8UP

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.553568, -2.816321
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VH53M+CF
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83on
- **Qibla:** 117.9°
- **Grid reference:** SD 46016 06635
- **UTM:** 30U 512168 5933868
- **Elevation:** 63m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** West Lancashire (E07000127)
- **Ward:** Rural South (E05014937)
- **Constituency:** West Lancashire (E14001577)
- **County:** Lancashire (E10000017)
- **Parish code:** E04005320
- **Travel to work area:** E30000233
- **Police force area:** E23000003
- **Built-up area:** E63008266
- **County electoral division:** E58000827
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01025479
- **2021 MSOA:** Bickerstaffe & Newburgh (E02005311)
- **2021 output area:** E00182007
- **2011 LSOA:** E01025479
- **2011 MSOA:** E02005311
- **2011 output area:** E00129300
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33008772
- **Rural/urban classification:** Smaller rural: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 16057
- **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 | 4443 |
| Hospital | Ormskirk District General Hospital | 3831 |
| GP | Dr A Bisarya | 736 |
| School | St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale | 764 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 21747 |
| Bus stop | Firswood Road | 245 |
| Food bank | Skelmersdale & District | 1369 |
| Defibrillator | The Club House, Skelmersdale Cricket Club | 320 |
| Pharmacy | Asda | 2554 |
| Post office | Sandy Lane Post Office | 903 |
| Library | Skelmersdale Library | 2664 |
| Coast | — | 17484 |
| Central London | — | 291236 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 70.4% gigabit, 100% superfast, 70.4% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [WN8 8AA](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208AA)
- [WN8 8BY](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208BY)
- [WN8 8TX](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208TX)
- [WN8 8TY](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208TY)
- [WN8 8GH](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208GH)
- [WN8 8UT](https://openpostcodes.uk/WN8%208UT)

## Boundary

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