L38 postcode district: Hightown and around, Sefton

L38 is a postcode district in England, with 100 postcodes in use in 9 sectors. It has postcodes in Hightown and Formby. Its council is Sefton.

Postcodes in use
100
Sectors
9
Council
Sefton
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 L38, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in L38, by flood risk Of the 100 postcodes in L38 that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hightown, Formby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. L38 0AA: not on the flood risk listL38 0BA: not on the flood risk listL38 0BB: not on the flood risk listL38 0BD: not on the flood risk listL38 0BE: not on the flood risk listL38 0BF: not on the flood risk listL38 0BH: not on the flood risk listL38 0BJ: not on the flood risk listL38 0BL: not on the flood risk listL38 0BN: not on the flood risk listL38 0BP: not on the flood risk listL38 0BQ: not on the flood risk listL38 0BR: not on the flood risk listL38 0BS: not on the flood risk listL38 0BT: not on the flood risk listL38 0BU: not on the flood risk listL38 0BW: not on the flood risk listL38 0DB: not on the flood risk listL38 1AB: not on the flood risk listL38 1QB: not on the flood risk listL38 1QD: not on the flood risk listL38 1QE: not on the flood risk listL38 1QG: not on the flood risk listL38 1QH: not on the flood risk listL38 3AB: not on the flood risk listL38 3RA: not on the flood risk listL38 3RB: not on the flood risk listL38 3RD: not on the flood risk listL38 3RE: not on the flood risk listL38 3RF: not on the flood risk listL38 3RG: not on the flood risk listL38 3RH: not on the flood risk listL38 3RJ: not on the flood risk listL38 3RL: not on the flood risk listL38 3RN: not on the flood risk listL38 3RP: not on the flood risk listL38 3RQ: not on the flood risk listL38 3RR: not on the flood risk listL38 3RS: not on the flood risk listL38 3RT: not on the flood risk listL38 3RU: not on the flood risk listL38 3RW: not on the flood risk listL38 3RX: not on the flood risk listL38 3RZ: not on the flood risk listL38 3SF: not on the flood risk listL38 3SG: not on the flood risk listL38 3SH: not on the flood risk listL38 5DA: not on the flood risk listL38 5DD: not on the flood risk listL38 5DE: not on the flood risk listL38 6JA: not on the flood risk listL38 6JB: not on the flood risk listL38 6JD: not on the flood risk listL38 6JE: not on the flood risk listL38 6JF: not on the flood risk listL38 6JG: not on the flood risk listL38 6JH: not on the flood risk listL38 6JJ: not on the flood risk listL38 6JL: not on the flood risk listL38 6JQ: not on the flood risk listL38 9AN: not on the flood risk listL38 9AW: not on the flood risk listL38 9EA: not on the flood risk listL38 9EB: not on the flood risk listL38 9ED: not on the flood risk listL38 9EE: not on the flood risk listL38 9EF: not on the flood risk listL38 9EG: not on the flood risk listL38 9EH: not on the flood risk listL38 9EJ: not on the flood risk listL38 9EL: not on the flood risk listL38 9EN: not on the flood risk listL38 9EP: not on the flood risk listL38 9EQ: not on the flood risk listL38 9ER: not on the flood risk listL38 9ES: not on the flood risk listL38 9ET: not on the flood risk listL38 9EU: not on the flood risk listL38 9EW: not on the flood risk listL38 9EX: not on the flood risk listL38 9EZ: not on the flood risk listL38 9GE: not on the flood risk listL38 9GF: not on the flood risk listL38 9GG: not on the flood risk listL38 9GH: not on the flood risk listL38 9GJ: not on the flood risk listL38 9GL: not on the flood risk listL38 9GQ: not on the flood risk listL38 0BG: very low flood risk onlyL38 1QF: very low flood risk onlyL38 1QQ: very low flood risk onlyL38 3RY: very low flood risk onlyL38 4JB: very low flood risk onlyL38 5DB: very low flood risk onlyL38 1QA: low flood risk at worstL38 5AA: low flood risk at worstL38 7JD: medium flood risk at worstL38 8AF: medium flood risk at worstL38 7JB: high flood riskL38 9EY: high flood risk HightownFormby Map of every postcode in L38, by flood risk Of the 100 postcodes in L38 that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hightown, Formby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. HightownFormby
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 6
  • Not on the at-risk list: 88

Of the 100 postcodes in L38 that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5243, longitude -3.0510. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

L38 7JB1 at high riskL38 9EY1 at high risk

What broadband can you get in L38?

Ofcom reports on 99 of the 100 postcodes in L38. At 36 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit36 of 99
Postcodes where every home can get superfast85 of 99

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 L38 at risk of flooding?

12 of the 100 postcodes in L38 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 21 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 12 of 100 postcodes High: 2Medium: 19Low: 28Very low: 62

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 L38?

Homes in L38 sold for a typical £332,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 24 sales, down 6.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£332,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£356,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 6.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £478,750 12 sales
  • Semi-detached £266,250 10 sales
  • Terraced 2 sales, too few to price

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

Postcodes in L38

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

L38 019 postcodesL38 19 postcodesL38 324 postcodesL38 41 postcodeL38 55 postcodesL38 610 postcodesL38 72 postcodesL38 81 postcodeL38 929 postcodes
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Places in L38

Towns and villages with postcodes in L38, and how many each has here.

Hightown postcodes,67Formby postcodes,1

Who covers L38

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 Central100

Police force areas

  • Merseyside100

Next to L38

L37 postcode district L39 postcode district All L districts Hightown postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after L38 in the L area.

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