Rainford

Rainford is covered by postcode district WA11. It is in the St. Helens council area, England.

Typical price £278,500 Homes sold in Rainford, last 12 months. ▲ 10.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 134 of 164 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 8 of 166 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 47 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Rainford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Rainford, by flood risk Of the 166 postcodes in Rainford that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 158 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rainford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A570 WA11 8AA: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AB: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AD: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AH: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AJ: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AL: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AN: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AP: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AR: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AS: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AT: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AU: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AW: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AX: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AY: not on the flood risk listWA11 8AZ: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BA: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BB: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BD: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BE: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BG: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BH: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BJ: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BL: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BN: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BP: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BQ: not on the flood risk listWA11 8BS: not on the 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flood risk listWA11 8QB: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QF: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QG: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QH: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QJ: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QL: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QN: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QQ: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QR: not on the flood risk listWA11 8QW: not on the flood risk listWA11 8SA: not on the flood risk listWA11 8SB: not on the flood risk listWA11 8SD: not on the flood risk listWA11 8SH: not on the flood risk listWA11 8SJ: not on the flood risk listWA11 8SN: not on the flood risk listWA11 8SQ: not on the flood risk listWA11 8SW: not on the flood risk listWA11 8DL: low flood risk at worstWA11 8LN: high flood riskWA11 8LP: high flood riskWA11 8LS: high flood riskWA11 8LW: high flood riskWA11 8LY: high flood riskWA11 8LZ: high flood risk Rainford Map of every postcode in Rainford, by flood risk Of the 166 postcodes in Rainford that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 158 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rainford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A570 Rainford
  • A home or business at high risk: 7
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 158

Of the 166 postcodes in Rainford that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 158 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5015, longitude -2.7851. 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.

WA11 8LZ11 at high riskWA11 8LW10 at high riskWA11 8LN7 at high riskWA11 8LP6 at high riskWA11 8LY6 at high riskWA11 8LS3 at high riskWA11 8SZ3 at high risk

What is it like to live in Rainford?

Homes sold for a typical £278,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.1% on the 12 months before. At 134 of the 164 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 47 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 166 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Rainford, 1.8 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 Rainford?

Homes in Rainford sold for a typical £278,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 66 sales, up 10.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£278,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£253,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 10.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £375,000 17 sales
  • Semi-detached £277,000 35 sales
  • Terraced £222,500 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole WA11 district, Rainford's main postcode district: a typical £190,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Rainford: 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 Rainford?

2 of the 166 postcodes now in use in Rainford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 87 homes sold in Rainford were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA11 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

WA11 8GQsince September 2022WA11 8GPsince February 2022

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 RainfordAcross the WA11 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 66 (0%) 1 of 401 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 87 (3%) 3 of 466 (Under 1%)

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 Rainford?

Ofcom reports on 164 of the 166 postcodes in Rainford. At 134 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit134 of 164
Postcodes where every home can get superfast153 of 164

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 Rainford at risk of flooding?

8 of the 166 postcodes in Rainford 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 47 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 8 of 166 postcodes High: 46Medium: 1Low: 29

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 Rainford?

The open schools at the postcodes in Rainford. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Rainford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rainford is Rainford Rail Station, 1.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Rainford Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
  • Upholland Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
  • Orrell Rail Station Railway station 6.0 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 Rainford?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Rainford. 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 Rainford safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 155 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Rainford 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. 7 September 2025
  2. 18 October 2025
  3. 9 November 2025
  4. 21 December 2025
  5. 10 January 2026
  6. 12 February 2026
  7. 17 March 2026
  8. 8 April 2026
  9. 19 May 2026
  10. 12 June 2026
  11. 11 July 2026
  12. 11 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences82 reports
Anti-social behaviour12 reports
Other theft12 reports
Other crime9 reports
Criminal damage and arson8 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports
Public order6 reports
Shoplifting6 reports

Also: drugs 5, possession of weapons 4, burglary 3, bicycle theft 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 Rainford?

Council
St. Helens
Parliamentary constituency
St Helens North
Police force area
Merseyside
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
David Baines (Labour)

All 166 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

Moving to Rainford

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Rainford postcodes

166 postcodes in use in Rainford, by district:

WA11 postcode district,166 postcodes

That district is in the WA postcode area.

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Places near Rainford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Rainford's £278,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Billinge5.0 km, £245,000Skelmersdale5.4 km, £165,000Orrell6.2 km, £230,000St Helens6.8 km, £171,500Kirkby7.0 km, £166,000Knowsley7.0 km, £246,500Haydock8.4 km, £172,500Prescot9.0 km, £200,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Rainford

What is it like to live in Rainford?
Homes sold for a typical £278,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.1% on the 12 months before. At 134 of the 164 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 47 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 166 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Rainford, 1.8 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 Rainford?
Rainford is covered by postcode district WA11, across 166 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Rainford in?
Rainford is in the St. Helens council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Rainford?
Rainford is in the St Helens North parliamentary constituency. Its MP is David Baines (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Rainford?
Homes in Rainford sold for a typical £278,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 66 sales, up 10.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Rainford?
In Rainford, primary schools at its postcodes include Rainford CofE Primary School, Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School and Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Rainford High School and A.R.T.S. Education. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Rainford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rainford is Rainford, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Rainford?
Ofcom reports on 164 of the 166 postcodes in Rainford. At 134 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Rainford at risk of flooding?
8 of the 166 postcodes in Rainford 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 47 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 Rainford?
2 of the 166 postcodes now in use in Rainford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 87 homes sold in Rainford were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA11 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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