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L40 7TP

Burscough Town · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 7TE 65 m
L40 7XA 117 m
L40 7TU 134 m
L40 7XG 178 m
L40 7TX 200 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 7TP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 7
Latitude
53.591842
Longitude
-2.848453
British National Grid easting
343,938
British National Grid northing
410,918

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
E00129342
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

View all nearby schools
Open schools
23
Primary
12
Secondary
5

  1. St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough

    Voluntary aided school

    359 m

  2. Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    578 m

  3. Burscough Priory Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
691
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 272
  • Anti social behaviour 140
  • Shoplifting 69
  • Criminal damage and arson 51
  • Other theft 44

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+
40%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
40%
Gigabit-capable
40%
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

    1.3 km

  • LATHOM HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81646

    1.3 km

  • STANLEY COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81674

    1.3 km

  • ORMSKIRK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    18 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81014

    3.5 km

  • THE ELMS PRACTICE

    16 DERBY STREET, ORMSKIRK, L39 2BY

    ODS code P81045

    3.5 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    28 ST. HELENS ROAD, ORMSKIRK, L39 4QR

    ODS code P81041

    3.8 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    5.0 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

  • Platts Lane

    BCT · Burscough

    0.0 miles

  • Platts Lane

    BCT · Burscough

    0.1 miles

  • Richmond Court

    BCT · Burscough

    0.2 miles

  • Richmond Avenue

    BCT · Burscough

    0.3 miles

  • Penwortham Avenue

    BCT · Burscough

    0.3 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.

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

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 5 secondary schools. St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough is the nearest published school at 359 m.

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

Recorded crime

691 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 272 events.

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