PR9 8JP postcode in Southport, Sefton

PR9 8JP is a postcode in Southport, in the Meols ward of Sefton. It is in the Southport parliamentary constituency and the Merseyside police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Very low flood risk 51 of 53 homes and businesses at very low risk, from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Sefton: 88% Typical price £227,250 Homes sold in PR9 8, last 12 months. ▼ 1.6% on the year before Nearest station Meols Cop 4.0 km in a straight line

Where PR9 8JP is, and what is near it

Map of PR9 8JP and what is near it Map of PR9 8JP: its centre point, with the 244 other postcodes in the PR9 8 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. PR9 8AL: also in PR9 8PR9 8AP: also in PR9 8PR9 8AR: also in PR9 8PR9 8AS: also in PR9 8PR9 8AT: also in PR9 8PR9 8AU: also in PR9 8PR9 8AX: also in PR9 8PR9 8AY: also in PR9 8PR9 8AZ: also in PR9 8PR9 8BA: also in PR9 8PR9 8BB: also in PR9 8PR9 8BD: also in PR9 8PR9 8BE: also in PR9 8PR9 8BG: also in PR9 8PR9 8BH: also in PR9 8PR9 8BJ: also in PR9 8PR9 8BN: also in PR9 8PR9 8BP: also in PR9 8PR9 8BQ: also in PR9 8PR9 8BS: also in PR9 8PR9 8BT: also in PR9 8PR9 8BU: also in PR9 8PR9 8BW: also in PR9 8PR9 8DN: also in PR9 8PR9 8DQ: also in PR9 8PR9 8DT: also in PR9 8PR9 8ER: also in PR9 8PR9 8ES: also in PR9 8PR9 8ET: also in PR9 8PR9 8EU: also in PR9 8PR9 8FL: also in PR9 8PR9 8FN: also in PR9 8PR9 8FP: also in PR9 8PR9 8FQ: also in PR9 8PR9 8FR: also in PR9 8PR9 8FS: also in PR9 8PR9 8FT: also in PR9 8PR9 8FU: also in PR9 8PR9 8FY: also in PR9 8PR9 8GR: also in PR9 8PR9 8GU: also in PR9 8PR9 8GW: also in PR9 8PR9 8GX: also in PR9 8PR9 8GY: also in PR9 8PR9 8GZ: also in PR9 8PR9 8HD: also in PR9 8PR9 8HE: also in PR9 8PR9 8HF: also in PR9 8PR9 8HG: also in PR9 8PR9 8HH: also in PR9 8PR9 8HJ: also in PR9 8PR9 8HQ: also in PR9 8PR9 8HT: also in PR9 8PR9 8HU: also in PR9 8PR9 8HW: also in PR9 8PR9 8HX: also in PR9 8PR9 8HY: also in PR9 8PR9 8HZ: also in PR9 8PR9 8JA: also in PR9 8PR9 8JB: also in PR9 8PR9 8JD: also in PR9 8PR9 8JE: also in PR9 8PR9 8JF: also in PR9 8PR9 8JG: also in PR9 8PR9 8JH: also in PR9 8PR9 8JJ: also in PR9 8PR9 8JL: also in PR9 8PR9 8JN: also in PR9 8PR9 8JQ: also in PR9 8PR9 8JR: also in PR9 8PR9 8JS: also in PR9 8PR9 8JT: also in PR9 8PR9 8JU: also in PR9 8PR9 8JW: also in PR9 8PR9 8JX: also in PR9 8PR9 8LL: also in PR9 8PR9 8LP: also in PR9 8PR9 8LR: also in PR9 8PR9 8LS: also in PR9 8PR9 8LT: also in PR9 8PR9 8LU: also in PR9 8PR9 8LZ: also in PR9 8PR9 8NA: also in PR9 8PR9 8NB: also in PR9 8PR9 8ND: also in PR9 8PR9 8NE: also in PR9 8PR9 8NF: also in PR9 8PR9 8NR: also in PR9 8PR9 8NS: also in PR9 8PR9 8NT: also in PR9 8PR9 8NU: also in PR9 8PR9 8NX: also in PR9 8PR9 8NY: also in PR9 8PR9 8PS: also in PR9 8PR9 8QZ: also in PR9 8PR9 8RB: also in PR9 8PR9 8RD: also in PR9 8PR9 8RE: also in PR9 8PR9 8RF: also in PR9 8PR9 8RG: also in PR9 8PR9 8RH: also in PR9 8PR9 8RL: also in PR9 8PR9 8RN: also in PR9 8PR9 8RQ: also in PR9 8PR9 8RS: also in PR9 8PR9 8RT: also in PR9 8PR9 8RU: also in PR9 8PR9 8RW: also in PR9 8PR9 8RX: also in PR9 8PR9 8RY: also in PR9 8PR9 8RZ: also in PR9 8PR9 8SA: also in PR9 8PR9 8SB: also in PR9 8PR9 8SD: also in PR9 8PR9 8SH: also in PR9 8 Banks PR9 8JP Map of PR9 8JP and what is near it Map of PR9 8JP: its centre point, with the 244 other postcodes in the PR9 8 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. North Meols & Hesketh Bank PR9 8JP
  • PR9 8JP
  • Other postcodes in PR9 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 11 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 53.6786, longitude -2.9481)

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 PR9 8JP?

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 PR9 8JP?

Every home and business at PR9 8JP can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Sefton: 88%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Sefton: 99%

The line marks the figure across Sefton.

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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 PR9 8JP?

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council gives bin days for each home rather than each postcode. BinDayBuddy finds yours from your house number, from the council's own system.

Find the bin days for your home 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 PR9 8JP at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

Very low risk

The Environment Agency counts 53 homes and businesses at PR9 8JP. 51 are in an area at very low risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

53 homes and businesses at PR9 8JP Very low: 51Not in an area at risk: 2

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.

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 Sefton

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for PR9 8JP: 33,683 properties in Sefton are at high risk (22.4% of all its properties). All the figures for Sefton

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 PR9 8JP is in 2 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 07:01 on 22 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 07:01 on 22 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near PR9 8JP?

Homes in PR9 8 sold for a typical £227,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 148 sales, down 1.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£227,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£231,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £305,000 42 sales
  • Semi-detached £221,000 84 sales
  • Terraced £177,000 15 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £105,000 7 sales

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

Across the whole PR9 district: a typical £210,000 from 548 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 PR9 8JP

HM Land Registry records 6 standard sales of homes in PR9 8JP from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 19 December 2025. The middle price was £216,500, from £77,000 to £240,000. Across PR9 8, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £227,250. 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 PR9 8JP?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 650 homes in the neighbourhood around PR9 8JP. The largest share of them, 45%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (28%). 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 PR9 8JP

Band D in Sefton for 2026‑27: £2,583. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,722 (band A) to £3,157 (band E); band C, the most common, is £2,296.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 30 (5%)£1,722
Band Babout 230 (35%)£2,009
Band Cabout 290 (45%)£2,296
Band Dabout 60 (9%)£2,583
Band Eabout 40 (6%)£3,157
Band Fwithheld£3,731
Band Gfewer than 5£4,305
Band Hfewer than 5£5,166

When the homes were built

  1. 12% Before 1900
  2. 8% 1900 to 1918
  3. 14% 1919 to 1939
  4. 9% 1945 to 1964
  5. 28% 1965 to 1982
  6. 23% 1983 to 1999
  7. None 2000 to 2009
  8. 3% 2010 to 2019
  9. 3% 2020 or later

2000 to 2009: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Sefton 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 PR9 8JP is in (ONS area E01007028), 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 PR9 8JP?

The nearest open schools to PR9 8JP, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near PR9 8JP, 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 PR9 8JP?

The nearest railway station to the centre of PR9 8JP is Meols Cop Rail Station, 4.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Meols Cop Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • Southport Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive

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

11 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Skipton Avenue, 58 m away.

More stations near PR9 8JP, 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 PR9 8JP?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of PR9 8JP, 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 PR9 8JP?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of PR9 8JP on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

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

Which dentists are near PR9 8JP?

The nearest to the centre of PR9 8JP, 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 PR9 8JP?

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 PR9 8JP?

The nearest care homes to the centre of PR9 8JP, 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 PR9 8JP?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of PR9 8JP, 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 PR9 8JP?

The nearest vets to the centre of PR9 8JP 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 PR9 8JP in a conservation area?

The centre of PR9 8JP 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 PR9 8JP?

Police.uk records 23 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of PR9 8JP in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences7 reports
Criminal damage and arson5 reports
Public order4 reports
Other theft3 reports
Anti-social behaviour2 reports
Drugs2 reports

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 PR9 8JP

Ward
Meols
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Southport
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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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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