Where is WA8?

WA8 spans the counties of Cheshire and Merseyside. It contains the town of Widnes, as well as West Bank Dock Estate, Ditton, Upton Rocks, Lunts Heath, and Appleton. WA8 is 16km east of the city of Liverpool. WA8 is a postcode district, also known as an outcode or outbound code.

WA8 on a map

The below map shows where WA8 is, and the boundary of the WA8 postcode district:

Postal Boundaries © GEOLYTIX copyright and database right 2012

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Source: GEOLYTIX Postal Geometries
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What county is WA8 in?

WA8 lies within the counties of Cheshire and Merseyside. The below table and chart shows the split by area:

County	% Area
Cheshire	65%
Merseyside	35%

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This data was derived from the below datasets:
Source: GEOLYTIX Postal Geometries
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Source: Ordnance Survey Ceremonial Counties
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Which cities, towns and villages are in WA8?

Widnes	Town
West Bank Dock Estate	Suburb
Ditton	Suburb
Upton Rocks	Suburb
Lunts Heath	Suburb
Appleton	Suburb
Upton	Suburb
Barrow's Green	Suburb
Ball o' Ditton	Suburb
Hale Bank	Village
Halton View	Suburb
Farnworth	Suburb
Lower House	Suburb
Shell Green	Suburb
Newtown	Suburb
Lugsdale	Suburb
Cronton	Village
Moss Bank	Suburb
Crow Wood	Suburb
Simm's Cross	Suburb
Kingsway	Suburb
Bold Heath	Village
Hough Green	Suburb
West Bank	Suburb