West Lancashire
WN8 house prices in West Lancashire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for West Lancashire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£140,500
Range £67,000–£355,750 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WN8: the typical (median) sold price is £140,500, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WN8 is an active market, with about 52 recorded sales a month. By property type, 47% were terraced homes (typically £93,000) and 25% were detached homes (typically £315,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,456 a year: West Lancashire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, West Lancashire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WN8: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since March 2026 make WN8 a steady market, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, most WN8 sales sit between £67,000 and £355,750, which makes £140,500 a blunt instrument, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in WN8 sit well below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Before an offer goes in on any WN8 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (235 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,456 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
Averages only go so far, so the free WN8 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
WN8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£140,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
51.8
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,456
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in WN8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WN8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £315,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £68,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 63 | £315,000 | £188,000–£652,000 |
| Semi-detached | 54 | £186,000 | £112,000–£304,250 |
| Terraced | 116 | £93,000 | £64,250–£149,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 16 | £68,500 | £58,250–£157,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WN8
The quarterly typical price fell 22.2%, from £176,000 in Q1 2026 (7 sales) to £137,000 in Q3 2026 (77 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £176,000 | 7 |
| Q2 2026 | £142,000 | 166 |
| Q3 2026 | £137,000 | 77 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WN8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WN8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £67,000 and £355,750, around a typical £140,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WN8
Terraced homes were 47% of recorded sales (116 of 249). 90% of sales were freehold and 10% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached25%
- Semi-detached22%
- Terraced47%
- Flat / maisonette6%
Tenure
- Freehold90%
- Leasehold10%
See the figures
225 freehold (90%) and 25 leasehold (10%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WN8. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Mar 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where WN8 sits in West Lancashire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WN8
18, HOBBERLEY DRIVE, SKELMERSDALE
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£171,000
63, MANFIELD, SKELMERSDALE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£178,000
16, MILL LANE, WIGAN
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£285,000
41, MAIDEN CLOSE, SKELMERSDALE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£165,000
19, MOUNTWOOD, SKELMERSDALE
Detached · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£265,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WN8 includes the Burscough Bridge & Rufford ward.
In plain English
What the West Lancashire (WN8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £315,000 against £68,500 for flats: about 4.6 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £67,000 and £355,750, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 52 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 27 March 2026 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on WN8
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in WN8
£2,456
Band D a year in West Lancashire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,910 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,183 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,456 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,002 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,548 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,094 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,912 |
These are West Lancashire's charges for 2026-27, the authority WN8 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for West Lancashire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near WN8
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale.
All schools
St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WN8 6PF
349 m
Good · 2012
Woodland Community Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WN8 6QH
391 m
Good · 2016
Delph Side Community Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WN8 6ED
682 m
Good · 2016
Elm Tree Community Primary School
Special schools · WN8 6SA
884 m
Outstanding · 2017
Hillside Community Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WN8 6DE
956 m
Outstanding · 2017
Cobbs Brow School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WN8 6SU
1.1 km
Outstanding · 2014
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WN8 8NP
1.2 km
Good · 2024
St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WN8 6TN
1.3 km
Good · 2023
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the WN8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WN8
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around WN8
235
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 7 October 2026.
Recent applications
WestLancashire/2026/0700/FULUndecided
335 m
Erection of Class E(b) restaurant / Sui Generis (takeaway) drive-thru pod with associated car parking and landscaping works.
Received 2026-08-19
WestLancashire/2026/0509/PNHPermitted
81 m
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - A conservatory that projects 3.6m from the original house, no more than 3m in total height
Received 2026-06-17 · decided 2026-07-28
WestLancashire/2026/0048/FULUndecided
406 m
Part conversion of building: mixed use development: conversion of third, fourth and fifth floors of building from offices to 27 apartments
Received 2026-01-23
WestLancashire/2025/0678/FULPermitted
125 m
Ground floor front and rear extensions, garage conversion.
Received 2025-08-04 · decided 2025-09-19
WestLancashire/2025/0484/LDPPermitted
154 m
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Rear single storey 4m extension.
Received 2025-05-27 · decided 2025-06-26
WestLancashire/2025/0024/PNHPermitted
187 m
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Single storey rear extenstion to provide wet room & toilet for disabled child. Extension extends beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 3.7m Maximum Height of the extension - 3.68m Height of eaves of the extension - 2.5m
Received 2025-01-10 · decided 2025-02-21
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WN8 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for WN8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 235 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 7 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WN8
Decile 4 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled WN8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 10, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WN8 8JL, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so WN8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WN8: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in WN8, band by band
West Lancashire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WN8 median sold price of £140,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearWest Lancashire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £140,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 | £136 | 1.17% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,910 | £159 | 1.36% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,183 | £182 | 1.55% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,456 | £205 | 1.75% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,002 | £250 | 2.14% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,548 | £296 | 2.53% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,094 | £341 | 2.91% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,912 | £409 | 3.50% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WN8 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, West Lancashire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WN8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 246 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WN8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
18, HOBBERLEY DRIVE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6DJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£171,000
2026-08-21
63, MANFIELD, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6SU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£178,000
2026-08-14
16, MILL LANE, WIGAN
WN8 7NW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-08-07
41, MAIDEN CLOSE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 8JL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£165,000
2026-08-07
19, MOUNTWOOD, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6PS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-08-03
69, SCHOOL LANE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 8EN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-31
45, NIXONS LANE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 9BE · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-07-31
21, FIELD STREET, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 8HZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£93,500
2026-07-31
53, BLAGUEGATE LANE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 8TY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£267,500
2026-07-31
92, CORNBROOK, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 9AQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£135,000
2026-07-31
15, SLATER CRESCENT, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 0BW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-07-31
10, DANIELS LANE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 9NH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£145,000
2026-07-31
32, MARCHBANK ROAD, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 8HT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£105,000
2026-07-31
140, COLINTON, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 9AE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£59,000
2026-07-31
HEYES FARM, 1, CARR LANE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6BH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£620,000
2026-07-30
92, INSKIP, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6JU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£125,000
2026-07-30
65, LUDDINGTON DRIVE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6HF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£227,500
2026-07-30
18, LYNDHURST, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6UH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£92,000
2026-07-29
31, MARCHBANK ROAD, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 8HT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£82,500
2026-07-29
136, WILLOW HEY, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 8NY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-07-28
47A, ELMERS GREEN, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6SG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£685,000
2026-07-28
78, BIRKRIG, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 9HY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£75,000
2026-07-28
175, BEECHTREES, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 9EZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£66,500
2026-07-28
113, ELMRIDGE, SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6DE · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£64,000
2026-07-28
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near WN8
The closest districts to WN8 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in WN5 (Wigan) 3.7 miles
- House prices in WN6 (Wigan) 4.3 miles
- House prices in L40 (Ormskirk) 4.5 miles
- House prices in L39 (Ormskirk) 5.2 miles
- House prices in WN3 (Wigan) 5.4 miles
- House prices in WA11 (St Helens) 5.6 miles
- House prices in WN1 (Wigan) 5.8 miles
- House prices in L33 (Liverpool) 6.2 miles
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Data sources
Every WN8 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.