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L39 4AR

Rural South · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Rural South
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
L39
Postcode sector
L39 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L39 4AJ 21 m
L39 4AN 26 m
L39 4AP 46 m
L39 4AQ 74 m
L39 4QZ 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L39 4AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L39
Postcode sector
L39 4
Latitude
53.562780
Longitude
-2.877418
British National Grid easting
341,981
British National Grid northing
407,708

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Rural South · E05014937
Parish or community
E43000101
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00182035
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 007A · E01025488
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 007 · E02005310

Postcode source versions

Explore L39

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
15
Secondary
3

  1. The Acorns School

    Pupil referral unit

    186 m

  2. Edge Hill University

    Higher education institutions

    417 m

  3. Moorgate Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    681 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,069
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 449
  • Anti social behaviour 214
  • Shoplifting 97
  • Criminal damage and arson 66
  • Other theft 61

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
60

44 female, 16 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
L39 4 residents
8,740

Age bands in L39 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
7.6%

697 residents

Age 15 to 24
50.9%

4,641 residents

Age 25 to 44
11.4%

1,036 residents

Age 45 to 64
15.9%

1,450 residents

Age 65 and over
14.2%

1,296 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L39 4 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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

    417 m

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    783 m

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    783 m

  • AUGHTON SURGERY

    19 TOWN GREEN LANE, AUGHTON, ORMSKIRK, L39 6SE

    ODS code P81695

    2.7 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

    SANDY LANE HEALTH CENTRE, SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81112

    4.9 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    4.9 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

  • Playing Field

    BCT · Ormskirk

    0.1 miles

  • Playing Field

    BCT · Ormskirk

    0.1 miles

  • Edge Hill University

    BCT · Edge Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Pinfold Road

    BCT · Ormskirk

    0.3 miles

  • School House Green

    BCT · Ormskirk

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 007A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,114 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 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
0
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

24 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. The Acorns School is the nearest published school at 186 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,069 published events cover 12 months, averaging 89.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 449 events.

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