L40 5XG

Burscough Town · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 5XF 2 m
L40 7RH 94 m
L40 5SS 138 m
L40 5SQ 159 m
L40 5XW 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 5XG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
1 September 2002
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 5
Latitude
53.597209
Longitude
-2.841958
British National Grid easting
344,375
British National Grid northing
411,510

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
E00129341
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 004D · E01025486
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
20
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    188 m
  2. Burscough Priory Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    501 m
  3. Burscough Village Primary School

    Community school

    647 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
690
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 281
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Shoplifting 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Other theft 39

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81138

    588 m

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81646

    588 m

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81674

    588 m

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    4.2 km

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    4.2 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

    4.5 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Burscough Junction Rail Station

    RSE · Burscough

    0.0 miles
  • Burscough Junction Rail Station

    RLY · Burscough

    0.1 miles
  • Lathom Close

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles
  • Lathom Close

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles
  • Richmond Avenue

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 004D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,730 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 188 m.

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

Recorded crime

690 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 281 events.

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