WN8 0LS postcode in Orrell, Lancashire

WN8 0LS is a postcode in Orrell, in the Up Holland ward of West Lancashire. It is in the West Lancashire parliamentary constituency and the Lancashire 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 WN8 0LS can get it Across West Lancashire: 86% Typical price £240,000 Homes sold in WN8 0, last 12 months. ▲ 3.4% on the year before Nearest station Orrell 1.5 km in a straight line

Where WN8 0LS is, and what is near it

Map of WN8 0LS and what is near it Map of WN8 0LS: its centre point, with the 139 other postcodes in the WN8 0 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 5 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M6M58 WN8 0AA: also in WN8 0WN8 0AB: also in WN8 0WN8 0AD: also in WN8 0WN8 0AE: also in WN8 0WN8 0AF: also in WN8 0WN8 0AG: also in WN8 0WN8 0AH: also in WN8 0WN8 0AJ: also in WN8 0WN8 0AL: also in WN8 0WN8 0AN: also in WN8 0WN8 0AP: also in WN8 0WN8 0AQ: also in WN8 0WN8 0AR: also in WN8 0WN8 0AS: also in WN8 0WN8 0AT: also in WN8 0WN8 0AU: also in WN8 0WN8 0AW: also in WN8 0WN8 0AX: also in WN8 0WN8 0AY: also in WN8 0WN8 0AZ: also in WN8 0WN8 0BA: also in WN8 0WN8 0BB: also in WN8 0WN8 0BD: also in WN8 0WN8 0BE: also in WN8 0WN8 0BG: also in WN8 0WN8 0BH: also in WN8 0WN8 0BJ: also in WN8 0WN8 0BL: also in WN8 0WN8 0BN: also in WN8 0WN8 0BP: also in WN8 0WN8 0BQ: also in WN8 0WN8 0BS: also in WN8 0WN8 0BT: also in WN8 0WN8 0BU: also in WN8 0WN8 0BW: also in WN8 0WN8 0BX: also in WN8 0WN8 0BY: also in WN8 0WN8 0BZ: also in WN8 0WN8 0DA: also in WN8 0WN8 0DB: also in WN8 0WN8 0DD: also in WN8 0WN8 0DE: also in WN8 0WN8 0DQ: also in WN8 0WN8 0DR: also in WN8 0WN8 0DS: also in WN8 0WN8 0DT: also in WN8 0WN8 0DU: also in WN8 0WN8 0DW: also in WN8 0WN8 0DX: also in WN8 0WN8 0DY: also in WN8 0WN8 0DZ: also in WN8 0WN8 0EN: also in WN8 0WN8 0EP: also in WN8 0WN8 0ER: also in WN8 0WN8 0EW: also in WN8 0WN8 0HA: also in WN8 0WN8 0HB: also in WN8 0WN8 0HD: also in WN8 0WN8 0HE: also in WN8 0WN8 0HF: also in WN8 0WN8 0HG: also in WN8 0WN8 0HH: also in WN8 0WN8 0HJ: also in WN8 0WN8 0HL: also in WN8 0WN8 0HN: also in WN8 0WN8 0HP: also in WN8 0WN8 0HR: also in WN8 0WN8 0HS: also in WN8 0WN8 0HT: also in WN8 0WN8 0HU: also in WN8 0WN8 0HW: also in WN8 0WN8 0HX: also in WN8 0WN8 0HY: also in WN8 0WN8 0HZ: also in WN8 0WN8 0JA: also in WN8 0WN8 0JB: also in WN8 0WN8 0JD: also in WN8 0WN8 0JE: also in WN8 0WN8 0JG: also in WN8 0WN8 0JH: also in WN8 0WN8 0JJ: also in WN8 0WN8 0JL: also in WN8 0WN8 0JN: also in WN8 0WN8 0JP: also in WN8 0WN8 0LD: also in WN8 0WN8 0LG: also in WN8 0WN8 0LH: also in WN8 0WN8 0LJ: also in WN8 0WN8 0LL: also in WN8 0WN8 0LN: also in WN8 0WN8 0LP: also in WN8 0WN8 0LR: also in WN8 0WN8 0LT: also in WN8 0WN8 0LU: also in WN8 0WN8 0LW: also in WN8 0WN8 0ND: also in WN8 0WN8 0NE: also in WN8 0WN8 0NF: also in WN8 0WN8 0NG: also in WN8 0WN8 0NH: also in WN8 0WN8 0NJ: also in WN8 0WN8 0NL: also in WN8 0WN8 0NN: also in WN8 0WN8 0NP: also in WN8 0WN8 0NQ: also in WN8 0WN8 0NR: also in WN8 0WN8 0NS: also in WN8 0WN8 0NT: also in WN8 0WN8 0NU: also in WN8 0WN8 0NW: also in WN8 0WN8 0NX: also in WN8 0WN8 0NY: also in WN8 0WN8 0NZ: also in WN8 0WN8 0PA: also in WN8 0WN8 0PB: also in WN8 0WN8 0PE: also in WN8 0WN8 0PF: also in WN8 0WN8 0PG: also in WN8 0WN8 0PT: also in WN8 0WN8 0PY: also in WN8 0WN8 0QB: also in WN8 0WN8 0QD: also in WN8 0WN8 0QE: also in WN8 0WN8 0QY: also in WN8 0WN8 0QZ: also in WN8 0WN8 0RR: also in WN8 0 Upholland station 2.1 kmGP 2.2 kmExcel Primary Care 2.6 kmOrrell WN8 0LS Map of WN8 0LS and what is near it Map of WN8 0LS: its centre point, with the 139 other postcodes in the WN8 0 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 5 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M58 Orrell WN8 0LS
  • WN8 0LS
  • Other postcodes in WN8 0: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 5 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.5421, longitude -2.7206)

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; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after WN8 0LS?

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. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at WN8 0LS?

Every home and business at WN8 0LS can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

WN8 0LS 100% West Lancashire 86%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

WN8 0LS 100% West Lancashire 98%
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 WN8 0LS?

BinDayBuddy has not read West Lancashire Borough Council's days for WN8 0LS today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for WN8 0LS 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 WN8 0LS 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 WN8 0LS.

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 West Lancashire

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for WN8 0LS: 1,127 properties in West Lancashire are at high risk (1.6% of all its properties). All the figures for West Lancashire

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 WN8 0LS 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 WN8 0LS?

Homes in WN8 0 sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, up 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£240,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£232,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £311,000 34 sales
  • Semi-detached £200,000 19 sales
  • Terraced £155,000 19 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 WN8 district: a typical £188,000 from 461 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 WN8 0LS

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in WN8 0LS from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 20 November 2024. 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 WN8 0LS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 770 homes in the neighbourhood around WN8 0LS. The largest share of them, 42%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (43%). 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 WN8 0LS

Band D in West Lancashire for 2026‑27: £2,456. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,637 (band A) to £4,094 (band G); band C, the most common, is £2,183.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 200 (26%)£1,637
Band Babout 100 (13%)£1,910
Band Cabout 320 (42%)£2,183
Band Dabout 70 (9%)£2,456
Band Eabout 40 (5%)£3,002
Band Fabout 30 (4%)£3,548
Band Gabout 10 (1%)£4,094
Band Hfewer than 5£4,912

When the homes were built

  1. 21% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 3% 1919 to 1939
  4. 43% 1945 to 1964
  5. 16% 1965 to 1982
  6. 4% 1983 to 1999
  7. 8% 2000 to 2009
  8. 4% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for West Lancashire 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 WN8 0LS is in (ONS area E01025537), 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 WN8 0LS?

The nearest open schools to WN8 0LS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near WN8 0LS, 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 WN8 0LS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of WN8 0LS is Orrell Rail Station, 1.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Orrell Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
  • Upholland Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle

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

5 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Parliament Street, 139 m away.

More stations near WN8 0LS, 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 WN8 0LS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of WN8 0LS, 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 WN8 0LS?

0 within 1 km 2 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of WN8 0LS, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • bp pulse Dearden Way Charging point · 4 chargers 1.0 kmWalk
  • BP Pulse Charging point · 6 chargers 3.0 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 WN8 0LS?

The nearest to the centre of WN8 0LS, 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 WN8 0LS?

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 WN8 0LS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of WN8 0LS, 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 WN8 0LS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of WN8 0LS, 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 WN8 0LS?

The nearest vets to the centre of WN8 0LS 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 WN8 0LS in a conservation area?

The centre of WN8 0LS 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 WN8 0LS?

Police.uk records 21 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of WN8 0LS in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

The mile also takes in part of Greater Manchester's police force, which has published nothing to Police.uk: crimes there are not in these figures.

Violence and sexual offences9 reports
Anti-social behaviour3 reports
Criminal damage and arson3 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Burglary1 report
Other theft1 report

Also: robbery 1.

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 WN8 0LS

Ward
Up Holland
Parish
Up Holland
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Orrell
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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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

WN8 0LR60 mWN8 0LU70 mWN8 0LP70 mWN8 0LT80 mWN8 0LN120 mWN8 0LW150 m
All of WN8

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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