Schools
23 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Turning Point Academy is the nearest published school at 407 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L39 2XS
Ormskirk West · West Lancashire · England
Updated September 2026
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- 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 2XS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1981
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L39
- Postcode sector
- L39 2
- Latitude
- 53.572563
- Longitude
- -2.881864
- British National Grid easting
- 341,700
- British National Grid northing
- 408,800
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
- E00129484
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 23
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 3
- 407 m
Turning Point Academy
Other independent school
- 453 m
Ormskirk Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 709 m
Ormskirk West End School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,136
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 478
- Anti social behaviour 227
- Shoplifting 97
- Criminal damage and arson 73
- Other theft 67
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- L39 2 residents
- 3,963
Age bands in L39 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 28.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.3%
441 residents
1,042 residents
725 residents
760 residents
664 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
7
within 5 km straight-line
ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE
18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY
ODS code P81014
470 m
THE ELMS PRACTICE
16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY
ODS code P81045
470 m
PARKGATE SURGERY
28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR
ODS code P81041
869 m
AUGHTON SURGERY
19 TOWN GREEN LANE, AUGHTON, ORMSKIRK, L39 6SE
ODS code P81695
3.5 km
BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE
BURSCOUGH HEALTH CENTRE, STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA
ODS code P81138
4.3 km
LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY
BURSCOUGH HEALTH CENTRE, STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA
ODS code P81646
4.3 km
STANLEY COURT SURGERY
STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA
ODS code P81674
4.3 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Hattersley Court
BCT · Ormskirk
- 0.1 miles
Hattersley Court
BCT · Ormskirk
- 0.2 miles
Scott Drive
BCT · Ormskirk
- 0.2 miles
Scott Drive
BCT · Ormskirk
- 0.2 miles
Ormskirk Rail Station
RSE · 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,136 published events cover 12 months, averaging 94.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 478 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.