Map of WN8 6QT postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode WN8 6QT
Post Town Wigan, Skelmersdale
Nearest station Upholland (4 km)
Bus stops
Fairburn (W)
Ferndale (S)
Fairburn (E)
Ivybridge (SE)
Northway Asda (S)
Hallcroft (W)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.555334
Longitude -2.771312
Easting 349000
Northing 406800
Grid reference SD489067
UTM reference 30U 515149 5934074
what3words outgrown.computers.ballroom
Plus code 9C5VH64H+4F
Altitude 70 metres (229 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:24
Sunset (today) 16:14
Distance away
Distance to sea 19 KMs (11.8 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWest Lancashire, unparished areaE43000101
Ward Skelmersdale North E05014939
Local Authority District West Lancashire E07000127
County Electoral Division Skelmersdale Central E58000818
Local Authority Lancashire E10000017
County Lancashire E10000017
Constituency (2024) West Lancashire E14001577
MPAshley DaltonLabour
Police forceLancashire
NUTS/ITL 3 Chorley and West Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 2 Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 1 North West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1995
Date usage ended December 1995
Last updated December 2024
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,614 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£35,100
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)SkelmersdaleE63008266
Census output area (2021)E00129313
Census output area (2011)E00129313
Lower layer super output area (2021)West Lancashire 010BE01025480
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Lancashire 010BE01025480
Middle layer super output area (2021)Skelmersdale CentralE02005313
Middle layer super output area (2011)Skelmersdale CentralE02005313
Travel to work areaLiverpoolE30000233
Property sales
Average property price in Wigan £177,651
Annual change 2.4%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
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