L40 4AU

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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 4AL 47 m
L40 4AG 74 m
L40 0SU 77 m
L40 4LP 83 m
L40 0SP 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 4AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 4
Latitude
53.607286
Longitude
-2.838002
British National Grid easting
344,650
British National Grid northing
412,628

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
E00129332
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 004B · E01025484
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 004 · E02005307

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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25 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Moss Lane, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 4AU 29 April 2026 £375,000
38, Moss Lane, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 4AU 17 October 2025 £395,000
28, Moss Lane, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 4AU 6 April 2023 £320,000

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

    462 m
  2. Burscough Village Primary School

    Community school

    518 m
  3. Burscough Bridge Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    626 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
526
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 231
  • Anti social behaviour 121
  • Shoplifting 36
  • Public order 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
62

31 female, 31 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.7
L40 4 residents
1,601

Age bands in L40 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12%

200 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

174 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

325 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

533 residents

Age 65 and over
26.4%

441 residents

This postcode contained 3.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L40 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
92.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
92.3%
Gigabit-capable
92.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81138

    564 m

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81646

    564 m

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81674

    564 m

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    4.6 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rowan Close

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.0 miles
  • Rowan Close

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.0 miles
  • Red Cat Lane

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.2 miles
  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.2 miles
  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 004B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,935 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £375,000 from 5 recorded sales in L40 4AU. 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

Published establishments

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 462 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

526 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 231 events.

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