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L38 8AF

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
L38
Postcode sector
L38 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L38 7JB 775 m
L38 7JD 820 m
L37 2HU 1.2 km
L37 6FA 1.3 km
L37 6EX 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L38 8AF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L38
Postcode sector
L38 8
Latitude
53.533993
Longitude
-3.076147
British National Grid easting
328,770
British National Grid northing
404,686

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Electoral ward
Formby East · E05016334
Parish or community
E04000031
Westminster constituency
Sefton Central · E14001463
Output area
E00035879
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 016B · E01007076
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 016 · E02001444

Postcode source versions

Explore L38

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
3

  1. Range High School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  2. St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km

  3. Woodlands Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
114
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 37
  • Anti social behaviour 30
  • Public order 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Vehicle crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
L38 8 residents
1

This postcode contained 100% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L38 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • HIGHTOWN VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N84626

    1.3 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY FORMBY

    12 ELBOW LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4AW

    ODS code N84018

    2.6 km

  • CHAPEL LANE SURGERY

    13 CHAPEL LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4DL

    ODS code N84006

    2.8 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

  • Range High School

    BCT · Formby

    0.8 miles

  • Park Close

    BCT · Formby

    0.9 miles

  • Mayfield Avenue

    BCT · Formby

    1.0 miles

  • Jubilee Road

    BCT · Formby

    1.0 miles

  • Park Road

    BCT · Formby

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 016B, 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

18,771 of 33,755

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

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

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. Range High School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

114 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 37 events.

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