Ward · E05014938
Rural West
In useRural West is a ward in West Lancashire, England, published in boundary releases since May 2023.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E05014938
- Kind
- Ward
- Area
- 90 km²
- Population
- 7,292Mid-2022 estimate
- In use
- 2023 to now
Where it sits
Local authorityWest Lancashire
Westminster constituencyWest Lancashire
RegionNorth West
Ceremonial countyLancashire
CountryEngland
A ward is placed in the constituency holding most of it, so a ward on a constituency boundary is listed in one.
Neighbours
14 wards share a border with Rural West, longest border first.
- Formby East 11.3 km
- Burscough Bridge & Rufford 9.0 km
- Lydiate & Maghull West 7.0 km
- North Meols & Hesketh Bank 5.3 km
- Aughton & Holborn 5.1 km
- Ainsdale 3.8 km
- Ormskirk West 3.2 km
- Birkdale 2.5 km
- Kew 2.4 km
- Rural South 1.8 km
- Thornton & Hightown 1.7 km
- Formby West 1.1 km
- Norwood 1.0 km
- Burscough Town 0.4 km
Data published for it
2 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Rural West itself.
- Local Election Results2023 and 2024
- Population2022
And 36 more for West Lancashire, the local authority it sits in.
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Housing supply: net additional dwellings2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority collected waste management2025
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2026-05-uk-bgc/E05014938 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2026-05-uk-bgc/E05014938/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2026-05-uk-bgc/E05014938/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2026-05-uk-bgc/E05014938/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2026-05-uk-bgc/E05014938/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2026-05-uk-bgc/E05014938/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/ward/2026-05-uk-bgc/E05014938?include=capabilities