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On Hawthorn Crescent, in Skelmersdale West
What it's like at WN8 8DH: every home that has sold on Hawthorn Crescent since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Hawthorn Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 23 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Oct 2015 | £66,000 | 81 m² | £815/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5a, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2014 | £40,000 | 86 m² | £465/m² | 1 |
| 7b, Hawthorn CrescentFlat · company-owned | Sept 2004 | £36,000 | 84 m² | £429/m² | 1 |
| 9, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Jul 2014 | £73,000 | 60 m² | £1,217/m² | 1 |
| 11, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Jan 2023 | £152,000 | 100 m² | £1,520/m² | 2 |
| 11a, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Jul 2020 | £120,000 | 86 m² | £1,395/m² | 2 |
| 14, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Dec 2002 | £53,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Mar 2022 | £95,000 | 82 m² | £1,159/m² | 1 |
| 29, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Jul 2003 | £64,000 | 98 m² | £653/m² | 2 |
| 30, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Jan 2001 | £14,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Nov 2021 | £115,000 | 82 m² | £1,402/m² | 2 |
| 35, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | May 2008 | £98,000 | 54 m² | £1,815/m² | 1 |
| 36, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Feb 2017 | £67,000 | 71 m² | £944/m² | 1 |
| 37, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Mar 2021 | £87,000 | 88 m² | £989/m² | 2 |
| 38, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Mar 2026 | £117,000 | 81 m² | £1,444/m² | 3 |
| 39, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Jan 1998 | £41,000 | 81 m² | £506/m² | 1 |
| 40, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2022 | £90,000 | 68 m² | £1,324/m² | 4 |
| 45, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Apr 2014 | £74,050 | 81 m² | £914/m² | 1 |
| 46, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Jul 2022 | £145,000 | 80 m² | £1,813/m² | 2 |
| 47, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Feb 2021 | £71,000 | 71 m² | £1,000/m² | 3 |
| 48, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Dec 2021 | £93,000 | 82 m² | £1,134/m² | 2 |
| 50, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | May 2021 | £95,000 | 84 m² | £1,131/m² | 1 |
| 52, Hawthorn CrescentTerraced | Mar 2017 | £70,000 | 60 m² | £1,167/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Rainford, a drive away (3.5 km), with 26k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Hawthorn Cres, 50 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (routes 375, 310, 385); 38 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Trinity Church of England/Methodist School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Lathom High School : A Technology College, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 41.5 · 4.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 550 m away, with Go Local closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sandy Lane Health Centre (500 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Skelmersdale Barber is 1.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 11 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 43% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
97A High Street is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Derby Arms the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 90 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Stanley Coronation Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Nye Bevan Pool (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 41 km.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
33 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
West Lancashire constituency: Ashley Dalton MP (Labour), since February 2023. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,625 (30.8%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 51%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 7%.
14 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near WN8 8DH →
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 54 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 21 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.9% | 90.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.2% | 4.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.