Schools
23 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Turning Point Academy is the nearest published school at 243 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L39 2DN
Ormskirk West · West Lancashire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Ormskirk
- Ward
- Ormskirk West
- Local authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Postcode district
- L39
- Postcode sector
- L39 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L39 2DN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L39
- Postcode sector
- L39 2
- Latitude
- 53.567705
- Longitude
- -2.883680
- British National Grid easting
- 341,573
- British National Grid northing
- 408,261
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- West Lancashire · E07000127
- Electoral ward
- Ormskirk West · E05014935
- Parish or community
- E43000101
- Westminster constituency
- West Lancashire · E14001577
- Output area
- E00129499
- Lower layer super output area
- West Lancashire 007E · E01025518
- Middle layer super output area
- West Lancashire 007 · E02005310
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore L39
Property
4 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Railway Road, Ormskirk, L39 2DN | 15 July 2015 | £2,392,207 |
| 9, Railway Road, Ormskirk, L39 2DN | 30 May 2008 | £350,000 |
| Railway Road Surgery, 11, Railway Road, Ormskirk, L39 2DN | 8 April 2004 | £145,000 |
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 23
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 3
- 243 m
Turning Point Academy
Other independent school
- 410 m
Moorgate Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 608 m
Ormskirk Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,174
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 498
- Anti social behaviour 235
- Shoplifting 97
- Criminal damage and arson 77
- Other theft 67
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 7
- 3 female, 4 male
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 3.5
- L39 2 residents
- 3,963
Age bands in L39 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.1%
- 441 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 28.7%
- 1,042 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20%
- 725 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.9%
- 760 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.3%
- 664 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L39 2 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE
18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY
ODS code P81014
101 m
THE ELMS PRACTICE
16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY
ODS code P81045
101 m
PARKGATE SURGERY
28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR
ODS code P81041
332 m
AUGHTON SURGERY
19 TOWN GREEN LANE, AUGHTON, ORMSKIRK, L39 6SE
ODS code P81695
2.9 km
BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE
BURSCOUGH HEALTH CENTRE, STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA
ODS code P81138
4.8 km
LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY
BURSCOUGH HEALTH CENTRE, STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA
ODS code P81646
4.8 km
STANLEY COURT SURGERY
STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA
ODS code P81674
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 66 m
Bus Station
BCT · Ormskirk
- 73 m
Bus Station
BCT · Ormskirk
- 80 m
Bus Station
BCT · Ormskirk
- 93 m
Bus Station
BCT · Ormskirk
- 105 m
Railway Approach
BCT · Ormskirk
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 007E, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,327 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 4
- 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
Recorded crime
1,174 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 498 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.