L40 0RD

Burscough Bridge & Rufford · 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
L40
Postcode sector
L40 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 0ST 68 m
L40 0SP 97 m
L40 0RA 100 m
L40 0SR 117 m
L40 0RH 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 0RD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 0
Latitude
53.608353
Longitude
-2.840925
British National Grid easting
344,458
British National Grid northing
412,749

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005303
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129335
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 004C · E01025485
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 004 · E02005307

Postcode source versions

Explore L40

27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
58, Red Cat Lane, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 0RD 12 June 2026 £201,500
50, Red Cat Lane, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 0RD 3 September 2025 £335,000
18, Red Cat Lane, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 0RD 2 September 2025 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    600 m
  2. Burscough Bridge Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    625 m
  3. Burscough Village Primary School

    Community school

    657 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
513
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 226
  • Anti social behaviour 117
  • Shoplifting 36
  • Public order 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

26 female, 20 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
1.8
L40 0 residents
1,330

Age bands in L40 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.3%

223 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

173 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.5%

320 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

497 residents

Age 65 and over
22.4%

351 residents

This postcode contained 3.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L40 0 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

4

within 5 km

  • BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE

    BURSCOUGH HEALTH CENTRE, STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA

    ODS code P81138

    668 m

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

    BURSCOUGH HEALTH CENTRE, STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA

    ODS code P81646

    668 m

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

    STANLEY COURT, LORD STREET, BURSCOUGH, ORMSKIRK, L40 4LA

    ODS code P81674

    668 m

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    4.8 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

  • Red Cat Lane

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.0 miles
  • Rowan Close

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.1 miles
  • Rowan Close

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.1 miles
  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.2 miles
  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RLY · Burscough Bridge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 004C, 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

21,420 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £210,750 from 6 recorded sales in L40 0RD. 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

13 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 600 m.

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

Recorded crime

513 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 226 events.

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