L37 8BD

Formby East · Sefton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Liverpool
Local authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central
Postcode district
L37
Postcode sector
L37 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L37 8DR 42 m
L37 8DT 83 m
L37 8EN 109 m
L37 8BG 110 m
L37 8EB 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L37 8BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L37
Postcode sector
L37 8
Latitude
53.555612
Longitude
-3.053825
British National Grid easting
330,285
British National Grid northing
407,069

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Parish or community
E04000038
Westminster constituency
Sefton Central · E14001463
Output area
E00035873
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 016D · E01007082
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 016 · E02001444

Postcode source versions

Explore L37

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Chapel House Walk, Formby, Liverpool, L37 8BD 26 October 2020 £350,000
6, Chapel House Walk, Formby, Liverpool, L37 8BD 21 October 2019 £212,000
5, Chapel House Walk, Formby, Liverpool, L37 8BD 5 March 2018 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    182 m
  2. Redgate Community Primary School

    Community school

    423 m
  3. Freshfield Primary School

    Community school

    840 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
893
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 373
  • Shoplifting 133
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Public order 75
  • Criminal damage and arson 50

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

19 female, 14 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.4
L37 8 residents
1,753

Age bands in L37 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

308 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

191 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

393 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

591 residents

Age 65 and over
30.3%

645 residents

This postcode contained 1.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L37 8 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

3

within 5 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY FORMBY

    12 ELBOW LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4AW

    ODS code N84018

    521 m

  • CHAPEL LANE SURGERY

    13 CHAPEL LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4DL

    ODS code N84006

    530 m

  • HIGHTOWN VILLAGE SURGERY

    1 ST GEORGES ROAD, HIGHTOWN, LIVERPOOL, L38 3RY

    ODS code N84626

    2.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Alt Road

    BCT · Formby

    0.1 miles
  • Whalley Drive

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.1 miles
  • Church Road

    BCT · Formby

    0.1 miles
  • Cross Green Close

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.2 miles
  • Kenyons Lane

    BCT · Formby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 016D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,310 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
8 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 182 m.

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

Recorded crime

893 published events cover 12 months, averaging 74.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 373 events.

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