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L40 7BR

Burscough Town · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ormskirk
Ward
Burscough Town
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 7BS 118 m
L40 7SS 154 m
L40 7BQ 191 m
L40 7SR 212 m
L40 8AD 255 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 7BR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 7
Latitude
53.587575
Longitude
-2.859396
British National Grid easting
343,208
British National Grid northing
410,452

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Burscough Town · E05014931
Parish or community
E04005303
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129343
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 004D · E01025486
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 004 · E02005307

Postcode source versions

Explore L40

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, St Nicholas Way, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 7BR 12 April 2024 £81,150

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
14
Secondary
3

  1. St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

  2. Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

  3. Burscough Priory Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
380
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 135
  • Anti social behaviour 74
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Other theft 34
  • Shoplifting 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
L40 7 residents
4,953

Age bands in L40 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

817 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

480 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

1,166 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.9%

1,210 residents

Age 65 and over
21.3%

996 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.

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

6

within 5 km

  • BURSCOUGH FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81138

    2.1 km

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81646

    2.1 km

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81674

    2.1 km

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    2.7 km

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    2.7 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

    3.0 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

  • Bull and Dog

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles

  • Bull and Dog

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles

  • Mill Dam Lane

    BCT · Burscough

    0.2 miles

  • Pippin Street

    BCT · Burscough

    0.2 miles

  • Mill Dam Lane

    BCT · Burscough

    0.2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £81,150 from 1 recorded sale in L40 7BR. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

380 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 135 events.

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