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L40 4LD

Burscough Bridge & Rufford · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Ormskirk
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 4LB 32 m
L40 5UX 125 m
L40 5TJ 139 m
L40 4LA 147 m
L40 5SH 151 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 4LD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 4
Latitude
53.601567
Longitude
-2.838357
British National Grid easting
344,619
British National Grid northing
411,992

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford · E05014930
Parish or community
E04005303
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129323
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 004A · E01025483
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 004 · E02005307

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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51 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
48, Colburne Close, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 4LD 17 October 2025 £150,000
22, Colburne Close, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 4LD 11 August 2025 £221,000
36, Colburne Close, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 4LD 10 January 2025 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
2

  1. Burscough Village Primary School

    Community school

    119 m

  2. Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    176 m

  3. Burscough Bridge Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    432 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
575
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 251
  • Anti social behaviour 131
  • Shoplifting 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Public order 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

31 female, 27 male

Postcode households
28
Residents per household
2.1
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 3.6% 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+
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%
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

6

within 5 km

  • BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81138

    147 m

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81646

    147 m

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81674

    147 m

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    4.4 km

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    4.8 km

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    4.8 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

  • St Johns CEPS

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Burscough Bridge

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Burscough Bridge

    BCT · Burscough Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.3 miles

  • Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 004A, 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

17,547 of 33,755

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

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 £195,000 from 9 recorded sales in L40 4LD. 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burscough Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 119 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

575 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 251 events.

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