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L40 3TN

Rural North East · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Rural North East
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN8 7AU 49 m
WN8 7HS 61 m
WN8 7HT 81 m
WN8 7AT 87 m
WN8 7AJ 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 3TN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1984
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 3
Latitude
53.593146
Longitude
-2.764445
British National Grid easting
349,500
British National Grid northing
411,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Rural North East · E05014936
Parish or community
E04005312
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129455
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 005A · E01025510
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 005 · E02005308

Postcode source versions

Explore L40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
19
Secondary
3

  1. Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    38 m

  2. Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold

    Voluntary aided school

    310 m

  3. Newburgh Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
86
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 34
  • Anti social behaviour 15
  • Other theft 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Vehicle crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

4

within 5 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    577 m

  • ASHURST PRIMARY CARE

    ASHURST HEALTH CENTRE, LULWORTH, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6QS

    ODS code P81201

    3.4 km

  • SHEVINGTON SURGERY

    HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET

    ODS code P92017

    4.8 km

  • MANOR PRIMARY CARE

    HILLSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, TANHOUSE ROAD, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6DS

    ODS code P81039

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

Nearby transport

  • Tan House Lane

    BCT · Parbold

    0.0 miles

  • Tan House Lane

    BCT · Parbold

    0.1 miles

  • Lancaster Lane

    BCT · Parbold

    0.1 miles

  • Lancaster Lane

    BCT · Parbold

    0.2 miles

  • Brandreth Drive

    BCT · Parbold

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 005A, 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

29,961 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 38 m.

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

Recorded crime

86 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.167 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.