L40 3SH

Rural North East · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 3SJ 455 m
L40 3SL 482 m
L40 3SG 514 m
WN8 7BA 521 m
WN8 7AS 579 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 3SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 3
Latitude
53.611036
Longitude
-2.768199
British National Grid easting
349,273
British National Grid northing
412,993

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005302
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129451
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 005B · E01025511
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 005 · E02005308

Postcode source versions

Explore L40

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Grange Farm Barn, 1, Maltkiln Lane, Bispham, Ormskirk, L40 3SH 3 May 2023 £495,000
Roscoe Cottage, Maltkiln Lane, Bispham, Ormskirk, L40 3SH 5 May 2017 £320,000
Grange Farm Barn, 2, Maltkiln Lane, Bispham, Ormskirk, L40 3SH 20 May 2001 £210,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
16
Secondary
0
  1. Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    478 m
  2. Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.0 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

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

11 female, 9 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.5
L40 3 residents
806

Age bands in L40 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

127 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

84 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.1%

156 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.6%

288 residents

Age 65 and over
28%

255 residents

This postcode contained 2.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L40 3 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+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
88.9%
Gigabit-capable
88.9%
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

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    2.1 km

  • BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81138

    4.9 km

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81646

    4.9 km

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81674

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Maltkiln Lane End

    BCT · Hill Dale

    0.3 miles
  • Maltkiln Lane End

    BCT · Hill Dale

    0.3 miles
  • Farmers Arms

    BCT · Bispham Green

    0.3 miles
  • Eagle and Child

    BCT · Bispham Green

    0.4 miles
  • Eagle and Child

    BCT · Bispham Green

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 005B, 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

29,068 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £495,000 from 1 recorded sale in L40 3SH. 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 0 secondary schools. Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School is the nearest published school at 478 m.

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 Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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