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On Ormskirk Road, in Skelmersdale South East
What it's like at WN8 9AJ: every home that has sold on Ormskirk Road 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.
5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Ormskirk Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 300 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 307, Ormskirk RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Apr 1998 | £28,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309, Ormskirk RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2019 | £67,000 | 73 m² | £918/m² | 4 |
| 311d, Ormskirk RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2004 | £79,995 | 68 m² | £1,176/m² | 2 |
| 311h, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Sept 1999 | £36,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 311i, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Mar 2005 | £95,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 313, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £135,000 | 70 m² | £1,929/m² | 3 |
| 313a, Ormskirk RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2026 | £81,000 | 70 m² | £1,157/m² | 5 |
| 317, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Jun 2022 | £127,500 | 95 m² | £1,342/m² | 3 |
| 319, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Jul 2011 | £122,500 | 117 m² | £1,047/m² | 2 |
| 321, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Apr 2002 | £45,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 323, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £84,000 | 89 m² | £944/m² | 3 |
| 327, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Jul 2003 | £54,000 | 77 m² | £701/m² | 2 |
| 331, Ormskirk RoadTerraced | Jun 2007 | £86,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 333, Ormskirk RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £192,000 | 172 m² | £1,116/m² | 2 |
| 335, Ormskirk RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2011 | £155,000 | 167 m² | £928/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Upholland, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 28k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Up Holland Labour Club, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 312); 14 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
40% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 7% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Up Holland High School, 3.0 km away; Attainment 8: 48.8 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is JJs, 1.4 km away, with Bargain Booze closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Excel Primary Care (400 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Chantelle Lauren is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 8.8 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Velvet Shakes is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Up Holland Labour Club the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Beacon Country Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, GymWorks (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 38 km.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
30 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%.
2 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 9AJ →
On this street: 0 of 225 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.2% | 90.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.7% | 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.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 54 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in West Lancashire since 2011.
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 300 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.