L29 postcode district: Bootle and around, Sefton

L29 is a postcode district in England, with 22 postcodes in use in 7 sectors. It has postcodes in Bootle. Its council is Sefton.

Postcodes in use
22
Sectors
7
Council
Sefton
Places
Bootle

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

Every postcode in L29, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in L29, by new since 2020 Of the 22 postcodes in L29 that ONS places, 22 were in use before 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Thornton & Hightown, Formby East. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A5758A565 L29 3EA: before 2020L29 3EB: before 2020L29 5XA: before 2020L29 5XB: before 2020L29 6YA: before 2020L29 6YB: before 2020L29 6YD: before 2020L29 7WA: before 2020L29 7WB: before 2020L29 7WD: before 2020L29 7WE: before 2020L29 7WG: before 2020L29 7WH: before 2020L29 7WJ: before 2020L29 7WL: before 2020L29 8AA: before 2020L29 8YA: before 2020L29 8YB: before 2020L29 9AD: before 2020L29 9AE: before 2020L29 9AF: before 2020 Thornton & HightownFormby East Map of every postcode in L29, by new since 2020 Of the 22 postcodes in L29 that ONS places, 22 were in use before 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Thornton & Hightown, Formby East. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A565 Thornton & HightownFormby East
  • New since 2020: 0
  • In use before 2020: 22

Of the 22 postcodes in L29 that ONS places, 22 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 53.5076, longitude -2.9855. 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

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.

What broadband can you get in L29?

Ofcom reports on 21 of the 22 postcodes in L29. At 17 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit17 of 21
Postcodes where every home can get superfast17 of 21

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.

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

Is L29 at risk of flooding?

7 of the 22 postcodes in L29 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 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 7 of 22 postcodes High: 1Medium: 1Low: 44Very low: 6

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 L29?

HM Land Registry records one sale of homes in L29 in the 12 months to August 2026: too few to give a typical price.

  • Terraced 1 sale, too few to price

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

Postcodes in L29

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

UK postcode format explained

Places in L29

Towns and villages with postcodes in L29, and how many each has here.

Who covers L29

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Sefton Central22

Police force areas

  • Merseyside22

Next to L29

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after L29 in the L area.

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