WA11 0PZ St. Helens
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Haydock. Region: North West.
Streets
- Pimblett Road, Haydock: 43 addresses
- Abbey Road, Haydock: 1 address
House prices and rents in St. Helens
A typical home in St. Helens cost £186,445 in August 2026, 5.1% more than a year before. That is 28% more than five years earlier and 65% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £305,687 |
| Semi-detached | £201,418 |
| Terraced | £155,878 |
| Flat or maisonette | £98,994 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £169,943 |
Private renters in St. Helens paid £811 a month on average in September 2026, 6.9% more than a year before. That is 44% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £596 |
| Two bedrooms | £742 |
| Three bedrooms | £907 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,307 |
Council tax
What each band costs in St. Helens in 2026-27: Band D £2,403 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,602 | £1,869 | £2,136 | £2,403 | £2,937 | £3,472 | £4,006 | £4,807 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (81% of about 720 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 337 - 341 Church Road, Haydock, St Helens, WA11 0LT, permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
- Former Central Works, Church Road, Haydock, WA11 0GT, not permissioned (790 m (0.5 miles))
- 388 Clipsley Lane, Haydock, WA11 0ST, permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
- Haydock Health and Medical Centre, 152 Station Road, Haydock, St Helens, WA11 0JN, permissioned (940 m (0.6 miles))
- The Old Cottage Hospital, 386 Clipsley Lane, Haydock, WA11 0ST, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this postcode.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the postcode.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the postcode, the nearest 270 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clipsley Lane Clipsley Lane, St. Helens, Merseyside | Not recorded | Not recorded | 270 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 44 addresses are between 51 m and 55 m above sea level (52 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Garswood 136,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Earlestown 331,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Bryn 105,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 27 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Elizabeth Road New Boston | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Earlestown Bus Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest evyve Charging Station | 350 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 19.7 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Modality St Helens Good Sep 2023 | 330 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Brian H Donlon Pharmacy | 330 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 230 m |
| Hospital | Newton Community Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Abbeyrose Court Good May 2022 | 290 m |
| Police station | Newton-le-Willows Police Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest YO1 Stop, Haydock Cashzone | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lyme and Wood Pits Country Park 100 ha | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,200 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest King George V Playing Field 6.3 ha | 270 m |
| Allotments | Bertram Street Allotments 7,690 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 100 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wood Pit Covert | Wood | 870 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Haydock Boundary Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Vista Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Tithe Barn Hillock | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Cowhey Dam | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
| The Clough | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 43 | 44 |
1 of the postcode's 44 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Road safety
3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported around the postcode in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. Most were on roads with a 20 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 2025 19:30 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist, 1 child | Minor road, 20 mph | Daylight |
| 26 May 2023 11:15 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 23 Aug 2021 07:45 | Serious | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 20 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for St. Helens: see them on the St. Helens page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 52% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 41% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 75% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 17% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Pimblett Road.