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L37 8DW

Formby East · Sefton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Formby East
Local authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central
Postcode district
L37
Postcode sector
L37 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L37 8DL 115 m
L37 8EG 131 m
L37 8DP 308 m
L37 8EH 448 m
L37 8DU 453 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L37 8DW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
1 February 2024
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L37
Postcode sector
L37 8
Latitude
53.554214
Longitude
-3.040009
British National Grid easting
331,198
British National Grid northing
406,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Electoral ward
Formby East · E05016334
Parish or community
E04000038
Westminster constituency
Sefton Central · E14001463
Output area
E00035852
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 016A · E01007075
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 016 · E02001444

Postcode source versions

Explore L37

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
10
Secondary
2

  1. Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    839 m

  2. Redgate Community Primary School

    Community school

    855 m

  3. Freshfield Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
586
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 228
  • Shoplifting 114
  • Public order 53
  • Anti social behaviour 53
  • Other theft 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY FORMBY

    12 ELBOW LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4AW

    ODS code N84018

    1.4 km

  • CHAPEL LANE SURGERY

    13 CHAPEL LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4DL

    ODS code N84006

    1.5 km

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

Nearby transport

  • Altcar Road

    BCT · Formby

    0.1 miles

  • Altcar Road

    BCT · Formby

    0.1 miles

  • Formby Tesco

    BCT · Formby

    0.2 miles

  • Kirkstall Drive

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.3 miles

  • Whalley Drive

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 016A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,415 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 839 m.

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

Recorded crime

586 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 228 events.

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