WN8 9BU maps, stats, and open data

WN8 9BU lies on Birleywood in Skelmersdale. WN8 9BU is located in the Skelmersdale South electoral ward, within the local authority district of West Lancashire and the English Parliamentary constituency of West Lancashire. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB - 02G and the police force is Lancashire. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

WN8 9BU maps

WN8 9BU map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024
Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024; Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2024; Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0

WN8 9BU geodata

Easting	350008
Northing	404856
Latitude	53.537959
Longitude	-2.755786

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is WN8 9BU?

Street	Birleywood
Town/City	Skelmersdale
Country	England
Postcode District	WN8
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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WN8 9BU Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WN8 9BU as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	80m	262ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	Skelmersdale South
Constituency	West Lancashire

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of WN8 9BU

January 2024	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Back Lane	361m
January 2024	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Back Lane	361m
December 2023	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Petrol Station	434m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to WN8 9BU

Shopping Parade (Digmoor Road)	Digmoor	196m
Birkrig (Digmoor Road)	Digmoor	211m
Digmoor Road	Digmoor	234m
Digmoor Road	Clay Brow	247m
Cherrycroft (Clay Brow Road)	Clay Brow	287m

Nearest railway stations to WN8 9BU

Upholland Station	1.4km
Rainford Station	3.2km
Orrell Station	3.2km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for WN8 9BU

Broadband access in WN8 9BU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	10.5%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in WN8 9BU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	60.3Mbps
Average download speed	49.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	79.98Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	12.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in WN8 9BU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for WN8 9BU

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Source: Ofcom
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WN8 9BU gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WN8 9BU by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	204,616
Meter count	19
Mean (kWh/meter)	10,769
Median (kWh/meter)	10,622

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	55,157
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,447
Median (kWh/meter)	2,882

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WN8 9BU, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in WN8 9BU.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

96.3% of English postcodes are less deprived than WN8 9BU:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WN8 9BU (meters)

Christ the Servant Pop In

Christ The Servant Church

29m

Lifestyle Express

109 Birleywood

141m

Cappy Sklep

113 Birleywood

141m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to WN8 9BU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Martins Lane	17:30	11:00	675m
83 Banksbarn	17:35	11:00	682m
The Viking (Business Box)			1,737m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to WN8 9BU

Facility	Distance
Bishop Martin Ce Primary School Birkrig, Skelmersdale Grass Pitches	270m
Moorside Academy Back Lane, Holland Moor, Skelmersdale Grass Pitches	344m
Hope High School Carfield, Skelmersdale Grass Pitches, Sports Hall	413m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to WN8 9BU

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School Birkrig, Digmoor, Skelmersdale, WN8 9BN	Primary	276m
Moorside Community Primary Academy School Back Lane, Holland Moor, Skelmersdale, WN8 9EA	Primary	333m
Hope High School Carfield, Clay Brow, Skelmersdale, WN8 9DP	Not applicable	355m

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WN8 9BU ITL and WN8 9BU LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for WN8 9BU:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLD	North West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLD4	Lancashire
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLD47	Chorley and West Lancashire
LAU 1 Code	Name
E07000127	West Lancashire

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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WN8 9BU census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for WN8 9BU:

	Code	Name
OA	E00129428
LSOA	E01025504	West Lancashire 014D
MSOA	E02005317	West Lancashire 014

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to WN8 9BU

WN8 9BX	Back Lane	62m
WN8 9BS	Birleywood	108m
WN8 9BP	Beavers Lane	133m
WN8 9DL	Carfield	153m
WN8 9BY	Moor Drive	168m
WN8 9HP	Birkrig	177m
WN8 9DJ	Cherrycroft	202m
WN8 9DN	Carfield	205m
WN8 9HY	Birkrig	231m
WN8 9DH	Cherrycroft	231m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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