L9 8DW postcode in Liverpool, England

L9 8DW is a postcode in Liverpool, in the Orrell Park ward. It is in the Liverpool Walton parliamentary constituency and the Merseyside police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at L9 8DW can get it Across Liverpool: 92% Typical price £195,000 Homes sold in L9 8, last 12 months. ▲ 9.4% on the year before Nearest station Orrell Park 550 m in a straight line

Where L9 8DW is, and what is near it

Map of L9 8DW and what is near it Map of L9 8DW: its centre point, with the 85 other postcodes in the L9 8 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 3 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. L9 8AA: also in L9 8L9 8AB: also in L9 8L9 8AD: also in L9 8L9 8AE: also in L9 8L9 8AG: also in L9 8L9 8AJ: also in L9 8L9 8AL: also in L9 8L9 8AN: also in L9 8L9 8AP: also in L9 8L9 8AQ: also in L9 8L9 8AS: also in L9 8L9 8AT: also in L9 8L9 8AU: also in L9 8L9 8AW: also in L9 8L9 8AX: also in L9 8L9 8AY: also in L9 8L9 8AZ: also in L9 8L9 8BA: also in L9 8L9 8BB: also in L9 8L9 8BD: also in L9 8L9 8BE: also in L9 8L9 8BF: also in L9 8L9 8BG: also in L9 8L9 8BH: also in L9 8L9 8BJ: also in L9 8L9 8BL: also in L9 8L9 8BN: also in L9 8L9 8BP: also in L9 8L9 8BQ: also in L9 8L9 8BR: also in L9 8L9 8BS: also in L9 8L9 8BT: also in L9 8L9 8BU: also in L9 8L9 8BW: also in L9 8L9 8BX: also in L9 8L9 8BY: also in L9 8L9 8BZ: also in L9 8L9 8DA: also in L9 8L9 8DB: also in L9 8L9 8DD: also in L9 8L9 8DE: also in L9 8L9 8DF: also in L9 8L9 8DG: also in L9 8L9 8DH: also in L9 8L9 8DJ: also in L9 8L9 8DL: also in L9 8L9 8DN: also in L9 8L9 8DP: also in L9 8L9 8DQ: also in L9 8L9 8DR: also in L9 8L9 8DS: also in L9 8L9 8DT: also in L9 8L9 8DU: also in L9 8L9 8DX: also in L9 8L9 8DY: also in L9 8L9 8DZ: also in L9 8L9 8EA: also in L9 8L9 8EB: also in L9 8L9 8ED: also in L9 8L9 8EE: also in L9 8L9 8EF: also in L9 8L9 8EG: also in L9 8L9 8EH: also in L9 8L9 8EJ: also in L9 8L9 8EP: also in L9 8L9 8EQ: also in L9 8L9 8ER: also in L9 8L9 8ES: also in L9 8L9 8ET: also in L9 8L9 8EU: also in L9 8L9 8EW: also in L9 8L9 8EX: also in L9 8L9 8EY: also in L9 8L9 8EZ: also in L9 8L9 8HA: also in L9 8L9 8HF: also in L9 8L9 8HG: also in L9 8L9 8HH: also in L9 8L9 8HJ: also in L9 8L9 8HP: also in L9 8L9 8HQ: also in L9 8L9 8HR: also in L9 8L9 8HS: also in L9 8L9 8HW: also in L9 8L9 8YX: also in L9 8 Aintree station 900 mSchool 1.1 kmBootle L9 8DW Map of L9 8DW and what is near it Map of L9 8DW: its centre point, with the 85 other postcodes in the L9 8 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations, 3 GP practices and 3 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Orrell Park L9 8DW
  • L9 8DW
  • Other postcodes in L9 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 3 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.4668, longitude -2.9622)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after L9 8DW?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at L9 8DW?

Every home and business at L9 8DW can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

L9 8DW 100% Liverpool 92%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

L9 8DW 100% Liverpool 97%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at L9 8DW?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for L9 8DW.

Check the bin days for L9 8DW on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is L9 8DW at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include L9 8DW.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Liverpool

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for L9 8DW: 5,366 properties in Liverpool are at high risk (1.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Liverpool

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of L9 8DW is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near L9 8DW?

Homes in L9 8 sold for a typical £195,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 43 sales, up 9.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£195,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£178,250 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 9.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £277,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £212,000 15 sales
  • Terraced £167,500 17 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole L9 district: a typical £160,000 from 246 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in L9 8DW

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in L9 8DW from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 14 March 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near L9 8DW?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 650 homes in the neighbourhood around L9 8DW. The largest share of them, 45%, are in council tax band A. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (48%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around L9 8DW

Band D in Liverpool for 2026‑27: £2,674. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,782 (band A) to £2,377 (band C); band A, the most common, is £1,782.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 290 (45%)£1,782
Band Babout 120 (18%)£2,079
Band Cabout 240 (37%)£2,377
Band Dwithheld£2,674
Band Ewithheld£3,268
Band Ffewer than 5£3,862
Band Gfewer than 5£4,456
Band Hfewer than 5£5,347

When the homes were built

  1. 48% Before 1900
  2. 17% 1900 to 1918
  3. 3% 1919 to 1939
  4. 20% 1945 to 1964
  5. 8% 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 3% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1983 to 1999, 2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Liverpool before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of L9 8DW is in (ONS area E01006780), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near L9 8DW?

The nearest open schools to L9 8DW, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near L9 8DW, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to L9 8DW?

The nearest railway station to the centre of L9 8DW is Orrell Park Rail Station, 550 metres away in a straight line.

  • Orrell Park Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
  • Aintree Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk

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

3 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Sydney Street, 370 m away.

More stations near L9 8DW, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near L9 8DW?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of L9 8DW, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near L9 8DW?

0 within 1 km 5 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of L9 8DW, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · 2 chargers 1.7 kmCycle
  • EVlink Charging point · No details mapped 2.6 kmCycle
  • EVlink Charging point · No details mapped 2.6 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near L9 8DW?

The nearest to the centre of L9 8DW, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to L9 8DW?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near L9 8DW?

The nearest care homes to the centre of L9 8DW, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near L9 8DW?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of L9 8DW, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near L9 8DW?

The nearest vets to the centre of L9 8DW on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is L9 8DW in a conservation area?

The centre of L9 8DW is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near L9 8DW?

Police.uk records 294 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of L9 8DW in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences122 reports
Anti-social behaviour25 reports
Public order24 reports
Drugs23 reports
Shoplifting22 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports

Also: burglary 14, other theft 13, other crime 12, vehicle crime 10, robbery 6, possession of weapons 5, bicycle theft 2.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for L9 8DW

Ward
Orrell Park
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Liverpool
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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