L39 9EW

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L39 9EN 94 m
L39 0EQ 215 m
L39 0EA 284 m
L39 0EL 361 m
L39 0HB 392 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L39 9EW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L39
Postcode sector
L39 9
Latitude
53.541635
Longitude
-2.844234
British National Grid easting
344,151
British National Grid northing
405,329

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005301
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129304
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 008A · E01025479
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 008 · E02005311

Postcode source versions

Explore L39

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Field View, Ormskirk Road, Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, L39 9EW 23 September 2022 £220,000
Lower Beeches, Ormskirk Road, Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, L39 9EW 28 October 2020 £465,000
Old Post Office, Ormskirk Road, Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, L39 9EW 10 June 2004 £249,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
18
Secondary
5
  1. Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km
  2. Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.3 km
  3. St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Voluntary aided school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Burglary 3
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

9 female, 11 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.9
L39 9 residents
160

This postcode contained 12.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L39 9 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+
85.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
85.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
85.7%
Gigabit-capable
85.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
85.7%
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

6

within 5 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    2.7 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    2.7 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

    3.6 km

  • AUGHTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81695

    3.9 km

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    4.0 km

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    4.0 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

  • Stanley Gate Inn

    BCT · Stanley Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Stanley Gate Inn

    BCT · Stanley Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Stanley Gate Inn

    BCT · Stanley Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Stanley Gate Inn

    BCT · Stanley Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Heyescroft

    BCT · Stanley Gate

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 008A, 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

20,004 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £220,000 from 1 recorded sale in L39 9EW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Lancashire is £231,816 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 5 secondary schools. Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 8 events.

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