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L39 9YU

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L39 9EE 544 m
L39 9EJ 576 m
L39 9EH 601 m
L39 9EG 646 m
L39 9EL 705 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L39 9YU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
1 July 2001
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L39
Postcode sector
L39 9
Latitude
53.546278
Longitude
-2.868685
British National Grid easting
342,537
British National Grid northing
405,865

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
E04005301
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129303
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 008A · E01025479
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 008 · E02005311

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
13
Secondary
2

  1. Edge Hill University

    Higher education institutions

    1.5 km

  2. Aughton Town Green Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km

  3. The Acorns School

    Pupil referral unit

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
64
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 23
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Burglary 6
  • Other theft 4
  • Robbery 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
L39 9 residents
160

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

  • AUGHTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81695

    2.2 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

    2.3 km

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    2.7 km

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    2.7 km

  • BEACON PRIMARY CARE

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

    ODS code P81112

    4.1 km

  • DR A BISARYA

    SANDY LANE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 8LA

    ODS code P81136

    4.1 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

  • High Lane

    BCT · Bickerstaffe

    0.4 miles

  • Scarth Hill Lane

    BCT · Scarth Hill

    0.5 miles

  • Scarth Hill Lane

    BCT · Scarth Hill

    0.5 miles

  • Creative Edge

    BCT · Edge Hill

    0.8 miles

  • Forest Court

    BCT · Edge Hill

    0.9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Edge Hill University is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

64 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 23 events.

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