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L40 9RP

Rural West · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ormskirk
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 9RU 633 m
L39 8TF 670 m
L40 9RH 676 m
L40 9AB 741 m
L39 8SE 753 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 9RP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 9
Latitude
53.600476
Longitude
-2.939340
British National Grid easting
337,935
British National Grid northing
411,954

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
E00129475
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 003C · E01025514
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 003 · E02005306

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Whartons Barn, Gorsuch Lane, Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, L40 9RP 18 July 2025 £800,000
Whartons Cottage, Gorsuch Lane, Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, L40 9RP 8 February 2007 £545,000
Gorsuch Hall Farm, Gorsuch Lane, Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, L40 9RP 8 January 1999 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. Scarisbrick Hall School

    Other independent school

    1.4 km

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km

  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
35
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.2
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

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L40 9 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Gigabit-capable
83.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
83.3%
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • KEW SURGERY

    85 TOWN LANE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6RG

    ODS code N84617

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Gorsuch Lane

    BCT · Pinfold

    0.4 miles

  • Gorsuch Lane

    BCT · Pinfold

    0.4 miles

  • Marina

    BCT · Pinfold

    0.4 miles

  • Marina

    BCT · Pinfold

    0.5 miles

  • Northmoor Stables

    BCT · Halsall

    0.6 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.

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 £800,000 from 1 recorded sale in L40 9RP. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Scarisbrick Hall School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

35 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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