Banks

Banks is covered by postcode district PR9. It is in the West Lancashire council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £221,000 Homes sold in Banks, last 12 months. ▼ 2.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 67 of 84 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 81 of 84 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 80 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Banks, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Banks, by flood risk Of the 84 postcodes in Banks that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 62 are at very low risk only and 3 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Banks. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A565 PR9 8FS: not on the flood risk listPR9 8FT: not on the flood risk listPR9 8RG: not on the flood risk listPR9 8AL: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8AP: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8AR: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8AS: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8AT: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8AU: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8AX: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8AY: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8AZ: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BA: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BD: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BE: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BG: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BH: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BL: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BN: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BP: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BQ: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BS: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BT: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BW: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8DG: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8DN: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8DQ: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8DT: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8EE: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8EH: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8EJ: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8ES: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8EU: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FF: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FG: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FH: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FL: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FN: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FP: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FQ: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FR: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FU: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8FY: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8GR: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8GT: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8GU: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8GX: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8GY: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8GZ: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8HE: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8HF: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8HQ: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8RF: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8RS: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8RT: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8RU: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8RW: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8RX: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8RY: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8SA: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8SB: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8SD: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8SH: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8SL: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8SN: very low flood risk onlyPR9 8BJ: low flood risk at worstPR9 8BU: low flood risk at worstPR9 8BX: low flood risk at worstPR9 8BZ: low flood risk at worstPR9 8ET: low flood risk at worstPR9 8HH: low flood risk at worstPR9 8SJ: low flood risk at worstPR9 8SR: low flood risk at worstPR9 8BB: medium flood risk at worstPR9 8ER: medium flood risk at worstPR9 8EX: high flood riskPR9 8EY: high flood riskPR9 8EZ: high flood riskPR9 8GS: high flood riskPR9 8GW: high flood riskPR9 8HA: high flood riskPR9 8HG: high flood riskPR9 8RN: high flood riskPR9 8SP: high flood risk Banks Map of every postcode in Banks, by flood risk Of the 84 postcodes in Banks that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 62 are at very low risk only and 3 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Banks. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A565 Banks
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 8
  • At very low risk only: 62
  • Not on the at-risk list: 3

Of the 84 postcodes in Banks that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 62 are at very low risk only and 3 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.6775, longitude -2.9210. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

PR9 8SP15 at high riskPR9 8EZ10 at high riskPR9 8EX4 at high riskPR9 8HA2 at high riskPR9 8GS1 at high riskPR9 8GW1 at high riskPR9 8EY1 at high riskPR9 8HG1 at high riskPR9 8RN1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Banks?

Homes sold for a typical £221,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 67 of the 84 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 80 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 81 of its 84 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Corner Surgery (Dr Mulla), 2.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Meols Cop, 5.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Banks?

Homes in Banks sold for a typical £221,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, down 2.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£221,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£226,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £300,000 26 sales
  • Semi-detached £205,000 24 sales
  • Terraced £171,500 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £102,875 6 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole PR9 district, Banks's main postcode district: a typical £210,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Banks: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Banks?

5 of the 84 postcodes now in use in Banks came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 68 homes sold in Banks were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR9 district, 7%.

The newest postcodes

PR9 8SPsince December 2022PR9 8SNsince November 2021PR9 8SJsince December 2020PR9 8SLsince April 2020PR9 8SRsince February 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BanksAcross the PR9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 64 (0%) 1 of 548 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 68 (3%) 51 of 725 (7%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Banks?

Ofcom reports on 84 of the 84 postcodes in Banks. At 67 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit67 of 84
Postcodes where every home can get superfast83 of 84

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Banks at risk of flooding?

81 of the 84 postcodes in Banks have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 80 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 81 of 84 postcodes High: 36Medium: 44Low: 109Very low: 2,177

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Banks?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Banks. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Banks?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Banks is Meols Cop Rail Station, 5.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Meols Cop Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmDrive
  • Bescar Lane Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
  • Southport Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Banks?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Banks. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Banks safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 219 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Banks over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 16 September 2025
  2. 11 October 2025
  3. 30 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 15 January 2026
  6. 15 February 2026
  7. 21 March 2026
  8. 30 April 2026
  9. 19 May 2026
  10. 24 June 2026
  11. 16 July 2026
  12. 13 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences98 reports
Anti-social behaviour52 reports
Criminal damage and arson21 reports
Public order11 reports
Other theft10 reports
Vehicle crime5 reports
Possession of weapons4 reports
Other crime4 reports

Also: burglary 3, bicycle theft 3, drugs 3, shoplifting 2, robbery 2, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Banks?

District, borough or city council
West Lancashire
County council
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency
Southport
Police force area
Lancashire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Patrick Hurley (Labour)

All 84 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Banks postcodes

84 postcodes in use in Banks, by district:

PR9 postcode district,84 postcodes

That district is in the PR postcode area.

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Places near Banks

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Banks's £221,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Tarleton and Hesketh Bank5.7 km, £278,000Southport6.6 km, £225,000Warton8.4 km, £215,000Freckleton9.1 km, £203,000Croston9.7 km, £267,500Lytham St Anne's9.7 km, £252,500Burscough10.1 km, £245,000Longton10.3 km, £265,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Banks

What is it like to live in Banks?
Homes sold for a typical £221,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 67 of the 84 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 80 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 81 of its 84 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Corner Surgery (Dr Mulla), 2.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Meols Cop, 5.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Banks?
Banks is covered by postcode district PR9, across 84 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Banks in?
Banks is in the West Lancashire council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Banks?
Banks is in the Southport parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Patrick Hurley (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Banks?
Homes in Banks sold for a typical £221,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, down 2.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Banks?
In Banks, primary schools at its postcodes include Banks St Stephen's CofE School and Banks Methodist School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Peterhouse School, 3.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Banks have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Banks is Meols Cop, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Banks?
Ofcom reports on 84 of the 84 postcodes in Banks. At 67 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Banks at risk of flooding?
81 of the 84 postcodes in Banks have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 80 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Banks?
5 of the 84 postcodes now in use in Banks came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 68 homes sold in Banks were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR9 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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