Latitude: 53.5497 / 53°32'58"N
Longitude: -2.7646 / 2°45'52"W
OS Eastings: 349435
OS Northings: 406166
OS Grid: SD494061
Mapcode National: GBR 9W4D.88
Mapcode Global: WH86R.H1QK
Plus Code: 9C5VG6XP+V4
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83on81
What Three Birds: auk.ibis.nighthawk
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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WN8 6DS is a large user postcode in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Hillside Health Centre, Tanhouse Road, Skelmersdale WN8 6DS.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
The average commercial rateable value is £20,250. The most common recorded business type is Health Centre.
Skelmersdale is a town, which had a population of 34,455 in the 2011 census.
WN8 6DS is in the Liverpool travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust.
WN8 6DS is approximately 81m (266ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing WN8 6DS
7a1: Constrained City Dwellers - Challenged Diversity - Transitional Eastern European Neighbourhoods
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for WN8 6DS
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
3/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
1/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near WN8 6DS include Asda. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of WN8 6DS are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
West Lancashire Borough Council
Ward
Tanhouse
Councillors
Bob Pendleton (Labour)
Ron Cooper (Labour)
Maureen Nixon (Labour)
County Council
Lancashire
Electoral Division
Skelmersdale Central
County Councillor
Terry Aldridge (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
West Lancashire
MP
Rosie Cooper (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for WN8 6DS.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near WN8 6DS.
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