CheckNear.me

L40 9QU

Rural West · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Ward
Rural West
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 9AD 25 m
L40 9SB 77 m
L40 9QT 158 m
L40 9SE 159 m
L40 9QE 182 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 9QU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 9
Latitude
53.612709
Longitude
-2.922002
British National Grid easting
339,100
British National Grid northing
413,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Electoral ward
Rural West · E05014938
Parish or community
E04005314
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129477
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 003C · E01025514
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 003 · E02005306

Postcode source versions

Explore L40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick

    Voluntary aided school

    182 m

  2. Scarisbrick Hall School

    Other independent school

    691 m

  3. Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
72
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 29
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
L40 9 residents
1,288

Age bands in L40 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.8%

133 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

102 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.2%

212 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

401 residents

Age 65 and over
31.1%

383 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

1

within 5 km

  • KEW SURGERY

    85 TOWN LANE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6RG

    ODS code N84617

    4.6 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Elizabeths RC Church

    BCT · Bescar

    0.1 miles

  • St Elizabeths RC Church

    BCT · Bescar

    0.1 miles

  • Everard Close

    BCT · Bescar

    0.1 miles

  • Everard Close

    BCT · Bescar

    0.1 miles

  • Woodland Avenue

    BCT · Bescar

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 003C, 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

19,575 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick is the nearest published school at 182 m.

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

Recorded crime

72 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 29 events.

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