L39 6SU

Rural South · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ormskirk
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
L39
Postcode sector
L39 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L39 6ST 270 m
L39 6SX 286 m
L39 6AE 381 m
L39 6SS 536 m
L39 6AA 566 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L39 6SU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L39
Postcode sector
L39 6
Latitude
53.536818
Longitude
-2.928952
British National Grid easting
338,530
British National Grid northing
404,863

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005300
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129270
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 012B · E01025473
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 012 · E02005315

Postcode source versions

Explore L39

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sunny Lodge, Swan Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, L39 6SU 26 August 2016 £315,000
Sunny Lodge, Swan Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, L39 6SU 15 July 2005 £300,000
Mona Cottage, Swan Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, L39 6SU 30 November 2001 £172,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  2. St Gregory's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km
  3. Lydiate Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
88
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 34
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Burglary 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Other theft 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

14 female, 13 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.7
L39 6 residents
2,219

Age bands in L39 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

291 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

169 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

356 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

611 residents

Age 65 and over
30.8%

636 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L39 6 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • AUGHTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81695

    1.9 km

  • HIGH PASTURES SURGERY

    138 LIVERPOOL ROAD NORTH, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 2HW

    ODS code N84003

    2.3 km

  • MAGHULL FAMILY SURGERY

    MAGHULL HEALTH CENTRE, WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ

    ODS code N84010

    2.6 km

  • MAGHULL PRACTICE

    MAGHULL HEALTH CENTRE, WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ

    ODS code Y00446

    2.6 km

  • WESTWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ

    ODS code N84025

    2.6 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

    4.4 km

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    4.6 km

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    4.6 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

  • Smithy Lane

    BCT · Aughton

    0.1 miles
  • Springfield Road

    BCT · Aughton

    0.2 miles
  • Butchers Lane

    BCT · Aughton

    0.3 miles
  • Butchers Lane

    BCT · Aughton

    0.3 miles
  • Holt Coppice

    BCT · Aughton

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 012B, 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

20,295 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
4 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

88 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 34 events.

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