WA8 5 postcode sector in the WA8 district

WA8 5 is a sector of the WA8 district: every postcode that starts WA8 5. It has 105 postcodes in use, 2 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the WA8 5 sector, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in the WA8 5 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 105 postcodes in the WA8 5 sector that ONS places, 17 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 16 have some that can, 69 can all get it and 3 have no Ofcom figure. Places named: Whiston and Cronton, Farnworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M62A557A5080A57 WA8 5ED: no Ofcom figureWA8 5PR: no Ofcom figureWA8 5AA: gigabit for allWA8 5AB: gigabit for allWA8 5AD: gigabit for allWA8 5AE: gigabit for allWA8 5AF: gigabit for allWA8 5AG: gigabit for allWA8 5AJ: gigabit for allWA8 5AL: gigabit for allWA8 5AP: gigabit for allWA8 5AQ: gigabit for allWA8 5AS: gigabit for allWA8 5AT: gigabit for allWA8 5AU: gigabit for allWA8 5AW: gigabit for allWA8 5AX: gigabit for allWA8 5AY: gigabit for allWA8 5AZ: gigabit for allWA8 5BA: gigabit for allWA8 5BB: gigabit for allWA8 5BD: gigabit for allWA8 5BG: gigabit for allWA8 5BH: gigabit for allWA8 5BJ: gigabit for allWA8 5BL: gigabit for allWA8 5BN: gigabit for allWA8 5BP: gigabit for allWA8 5BS: gigabit for allWA8 5BT: gigabit for allWA8 5BW: gigabit for allWA8 5BX: gigabit for allWA8 5BY: gigabit for allWA8 5BZ: gigabit for allWA8 5DA: gigabit for allWA8 5DB: gigabit for allWA8 5DD: gigabit for allWA8 5DE: gigabit for allWA8 5DF: gigabit for allWA8 5DG: gigabit for allWA8 5DJ: gigabit for allWA8 5DL: gigabit for allWA8 5DN: gigabit for allWA8 5DP: gigabit for allWA8 5DQ: gigabit for allWA8 5DR: gigabit for allWA8 5DS: gigabit for allWA8 5DW: gigabit for allWA8 5DX: gigabit for allWA8 5DY: gigabit for allWA8 5DZ: gigabit for allWA8 5EA: gigabit for allWA8 5EB: gigabit for allWA8 5EE: gigabit for allWA8 5EG: gigabit for allWA8 5EH: gigabit for allWA8 5EJ: gigabit for allWA8 5EL: gigabit for allWA8 5ES: gigabit for allWA8 5GY: gigabit for allWA8 5HJ: gigabit for allWA8 5HL: gigabit for allWA8 5PQ: gigabit for allWA8 5QH: gigabit for allWA8 5QL: gigabit for allWA8 5QN: gigabit for allWA8 5QW: gigabit for allWA8 5UW: gigabit for allWA8 5WA: gigabit for allWA8 5AH: some gigabitWA8 5BE: some gigabitWA8 5BQ: some gigabitWA8 5BU: some gigabitWA8 5DH: some gigabitWA8 5DT: some gigabitWA8 5EF: some gigabitWA8 5QG: some gigabitWA8 5QJ: some gigabitWA8 5QQ: some gigabitWA8 5RY: some gigabitWA8 5SQ: some gigabitWA8 5UP: some gigabitWA8 5UR: some gigabitWA8 5UX: some gigabitWA8 5SG: some gigabitWA8 5AR: no gigabitWA8 5DU: no gigabitWA8 5PP: no gigabitWA8 5PS: no gigabitWA8 5PT: no gigabitWA8 5PU: no gigabitWA8 5PX: no gigabitWA8 5PY: no gigabitWA8 5PZ: no gigabitWA8 5QD: no gigabitWA8 5QF: no gigabitWA8 5UT: no gigabitWA8 5UU: no gigabitWA8 5UY: no gigabitWA8 5UZ: no gigabitWA8 5XA: no gigabitWA8 5XB: no gigabit Whiston and CrontonFarnworth Map of every postcode in the WA8 5 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 105 postcodes in the WA8 5 sector that ONS places, 17 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 16 have some that can, 69 can all get it and 3 have no Ofcom figure. Places named: Whiston and Cronton, Farnworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Whiston and CrontonFarnworth
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 17
  • Some can get gigabit: 16
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 69
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 3

Of the 105 postcodes in the WA8 5 sector that ONS places, 17 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 16 have some that can, 69 can all get it and 3 have no Ofcom figure.

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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

Postcodes without gigabit

17 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

WA8 5ARWA8 5DUWA8 5PPWA8 5PSWA8 5PTWA8 5PUWA8 5PXWA8 5PYWA8 5PZWA8 5QDWA8 5QFWA8 5UT

What do homes sell for in WA8 5?

Homes in WA8 5 sold for a typical £286,750 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 42 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £325,000 from 76 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£286,750 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£325,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £458,750 16 sales
  • Semi-detached £260,000 19 sales
  • Terraced 1 sale, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette £122,500 6 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start WA8 5. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Postcodes in WA8 5

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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