L16 postcode district: Liverpool and around

L16 is a postcode district in England, with 245 postcodes in use in 10 sectors. It has postcodes in Liverpool and Huyton with Roby. It is split between 2 councils: Liverpool (213 postcodes) and Knowsley (32).

Postcodes in use: 245
Sectors: 10
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in L16, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 6
In use before 2020: 239

Of the 245 postcodes in L16 that ONS places, 6 are new since 2020 and 239 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3988, longitude -2.8870. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

L16 2LWFebruary 2024 L16 2AGOctober 2022 L16 2AEFebruary 2022 L16 6BAMay 2021 L16 2ADMarch 2021

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

L16 5HH

What broadband can you get in L16?

Ofcom reports on 242 of the 245 postcodes in L16. At 234 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit234 of 242

Postcodes where every home can get superfast239 of 242

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is L16 at risk of flooding?

24 of the 245 postcodes in L16 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 39 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 24 of 245 postcodes High: 34Medium: 5Low: 197

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in L16?

Homes in L16 sold for a typical £312,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 132 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£312,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£297,500 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 5% on the 12 months before

Detached £432,000 21 sales
Semi-detached £310,000 92 sales
Terraced £262,750 12 sales
Flat or maisonette £172,000 7 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it