L40 5SL

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 5SE 56 m
L40 5SJ 56 m
L40 5SF 61 m
L40 5UY 125 m
L40 5SB 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 5SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 5
Latitude
53.600347
Longitude
-2.841869
British National Grid easting
344,385
British National Grid northing
411,859

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
E00129321
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 004A · E01025483
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 004 · E02005307

Postcode source versions

Explore L40

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Maple Avenue, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 5SL 19 June 2026 £241,000
6, Maple Avenue, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 5SL 24 July 2025 £232,500
14, Maple Avenue, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 5SL 28 August 2024 £275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. Burscough Priory Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    269 m
  2. Burscough Village Primary School

    Community school

    341 m
  3. Burscough Bridge Methodist School

    Voluntary controlled school

    349 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
610
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 267
  • Anti social behaviour 137
  • Criminal damage and arson 41
  • Shoplifting 36
  • Public order 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

22 female, 17 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.3
L40 5 residents
3,563

Age bands in L40 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%

551 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

322 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

774 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

960 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

769 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L40 5 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+
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%

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

7

within 5 km

  • BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81138

    254 m

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81646

    254 m

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81674

    254 m

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    4.5 km

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    4.5 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    4.6 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

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

Nearby transport

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles
  • Stanley Club

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles
  • Stanley Club

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £241,000 from 3 recorded sales in L40 5SL. 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 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burscough Priory Academy is the nearest published school at 269 m.

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

Recorded crime

610 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 267 events.

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