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L40 4WA

Burscough Bridge & Rufford · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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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 4LQ 0 m
L40 0TQ 88 m
L40 4AW 124 m
L40 4LE 124 m
L40 4AA 151 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 4WA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 January 2004
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 4
Latitude
53.605557
Longitude
-2.839842
British National Grid easting
344,526
British National Grid northing
412,437

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
E00129325
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 004B · E01025484
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 004 · E02005307

Postcode source versions

Explore L40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
2

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    281 m

  2. Burscough Village Primary School

    Community school

    338 m

  3. Burscough Bridge Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    403 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
542
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 238
  • Anti social behaviour 124
  • Shoplifting 36
  • Public order 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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 straight-line

  • BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81138

    355 m

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81646

    355 m

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81674

    355 m

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.0 miles

  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.0 miles

  • Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.0 miles

  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RLY · Burscough Bridge

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  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough Bridge

    0.0 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 281 m.

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

Recorded crime

542 published events cover 12 months, averaging 45.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 238 events.

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