L31 4ET

Rural West · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Liverpool
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
L31
Postcode sector
L31 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L31 4EW 98 m
L31 4LF 132 m
L31 4LT 374 m
L31 4ER 528 m
L31 4HB 554 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L31 4ET
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L31
Postcode sector
L31 4
Latitude
53.523644
Longitude
-2.963734
British National Grid easting
336,205
British National Grid northing
403,428

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005306
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129287
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 003A · E01025474
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 003 · E02005306

Postcode source versions

Explore L31

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Old Gore Barn, Altcar Lane, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 4ET 22 May 2020 £425,742
Old Gore House Farm, Altcar Lane, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 4ET 10 August 2017 £455,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
25
Secondary
5
  1. St John Bosco Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    812 m
  2. Green Park Primary School

    Community school

    831 m
  3. Lydiate Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
311
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 136
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Public order 25
  • Vehicle crime 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
4.0
L31 4 residents
2,455

Age bands in L31 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.9%

292 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

203 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

418 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

695 residents

Age 65 and over
28.7%

647 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L31 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
66.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • HIGH PASTURES SURGERY

    138 LIVERPOOL ROAD NORTH, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 2HW

    ODS code N84003

    1.2 km

  • MAGHULL FAMILY SURGERY

    MAGHULL HEALTH CENTRE, WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ

    ODS code N84010

    1.6 km

  • MAGHULL PRACTICE

    MAGHULL HEALTH CENTRE, WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ

    ODS code Y00446

    1.6 km

  • WESTWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ

    ODS code N84025

    1.6 km

  • GREAT CROSBY AND THORNTON

    THORNTON FAMILY HC, BRETLANDS ROAD, THORNTON, LIVERPOOL, L23 1TQ

    ODS code N84621

    3.7 km

  • NETHERTON SURGERY

    NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, MAGDALEN SQUARE, BOOTLE, L30 5SP

    ODS code N84630

    3.9 km

  • GLOVERS LANE SURGERY

    GLOVERS LANE, BOOTLE, L30 5TA

    ODS code N84004

    4.0 km

  • AUGHTON SURGERY

    19 TOWN GREEN LANE, AUGHTON, ORMSKIRK, L39 6SE

    ODS code P81695

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mallory Avenue

    BCT · Lydiate

    0.5 miles
  • Lambshear Lane

    BCT · Lydiate

    0.5 miles
  • Seafore Close

    BCT · Lydiate

    0.5 miles
  • Pilling Lane

    BCT · Lydiate

    0.5 miles
  • Bells Lane

    BCT · Lydiate

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 003A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,130 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. St John Bosco Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 812 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

311 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 136 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.