L40 postcode district: Burscough and around, Lancashire

L40 is a postcode district in Lancashire, with 572 postcodes in use in 10 sectors. It has postcodes in Burscough, Ormskirk and Skelmersdale. It is split between 2 councils: West Lancashire (517 postcodes) and Chorley (55).

Postcodes in use
572
Sectors
10
Councils
2 councils
Places
3 places

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

Every postcode in L40, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in L40, by flood risk Of the 572 postcodes in L40 that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 31 are at low risk at worst, 8 are at very low risk only and 507 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Burscough, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk, Parbold. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. A5209 L40 0AA: not on the flood risk listL40 0AB: not on the flood risk listL40 0PH: not on the flood risk listL40 0RA: not on the flood risk listL40 0RB: not on the flood risk listL40 0RD: not on the flood risk listL40 0RF: not on the flood risk listL40 0RG: not on the flood risk listL40 0RH: not on the flood risk listL40 0RJ: not on the flood risk listL40 0RN: not on the flood risk listL40 0RP: not on the flood risk listL40 0RR: not on the flood risk listL40 0RS: not on the flood risk listL40 0RT: not on the flood risk listL40 0RW: not on the flood risk listL40 0RX: not on the flood risk listL40 0RY: not on the flood risk listL40 0RZ: not on the flood risk listL40 0SA: not on the flood risk listL40 0SD: not on the flood risk listL40 0SJ: not on the flood risk listL40 0SN: not on the flood risk listL40 0SR: not on the flood risk listL40 0SU: not on the flood risk listL40 0SW: not on the flood risk listL40 0SX: not on the flood risk listL40 0SY: not on the flood risk listL40 0TQ: not on the flood risk listL40 1BB: not on the flood risk listL40 1RZ: not on the flood risk listL40 1SB: not on the flood risk listL40 1SE: not on the flood risk listL40 1SF: not on the flood risk listL40 1SH: not on the flood risk listL40 1SN: not on the flood risk listL40 1SR: not on the flood risk listL40 1SS: not on the flood risk listL40 1SW: not on the flood risk listL40 1TD: not on the flood risk listL40 1TH: not on the flood risk listL40 1TX: not on the flood risk listL40 1TY: not on the flood risk listL40 1TZ: not on the flood risk listL40 1UD: not on the flood risk listL40 1UF: not on the flood risk listL40 1UH: not on the flood risk listL40 1UL: not on the flood risk listL40 1UN: not on the flood risk listL40 1UQ: not on the flood risk listL40 1US: not on the flood risk listL40 1UT: not on the flood risk listL40 1XB: not on the flood risk listL40 1XD: not on the flood risk listL40 1XE: not on the flood risk listL40 2AA: not on the flood risk listL40 2AB: not on the flood risk listL40 2AD: not on the flood risk listL40 2QB: not on the flood risk listL40 2QE: not on the flood risk listL40 2QF: not on the flood risk listL40 2QG: not on the flood risk listL40 2QJ: not on the flood risk listL40 2QP: not on the flood risk listL40 2QQ: not on the flood risk listL40 2QR: not on the flood risk listL40 2QS: not on the flood risk listL40 2QU: not on the flood risk listL40 2QW: not on the flood risk listL40 2QX: not on the flood risk listL40 2QY: not on the flood risk listL40 2QZ: not on the flood risk listL40 2RA: not on the flood risk listL40 2RB: not on the flood risk listL40 2RE: not on the flood risk listL40 2RF: not on the flood risk listL40 2RG: not on the flood risk listL40 2RH: not on the flood risk listL40 2RJ: not on the flood risk listL40 2RL: not on the flood risk listL40 2RN: not on the flood risk listL40 2RQ: not on the flood risk listL40 2RU: not on the flood risk listL40 2SB: not on the flood risk listL40 2WS: not on the flood risk listL40 3AA: not on the flood risk listL40 3AB: not on the flood risk listL40 3AD: not on the flood risk listL40 3PP: not on the flood risk listL40 3SB: not on the flood risk listL40 3SD: not on the flood risk listL40 3SE: not on the flood risk listL40 3SF: not on the flood risk listL40 3SG: not on the flood risk listL40 3SH: not on the flood risk listL40 3SJ: not on the flood risk listL40 3SL: not on the flood risk listL40 3SN: not on the flood risk listL40 3SR: not on the flood risk listL40 3SS: not on the flood risk listL40 3ST: not on the flood risk listL40 3SU: not on the flood risk listL40 3SX: not on the flood risk listL40 3SY: not on the flood risk listL40 3SZ: not on the flood risk listL40 3TA: not on the flood risk listL40 3TB: not on the flood risk listL40 3TD: not on the flood risk listL40 3TE: not on the flood risk listL40 3TF: not on the flood risk listL40 3TG: not on the flood risk listL40 3TH: not on the flood risk listL40 3TQ: not on the flood risk listL40 3TR: not on the flood risk listL40 3TW: not on the flood risk listL40 4AE: not on the flood risk listL40 4AF: not on the flood risk listL40 4AG: not on the flood risk listL40 4AH: not on the flood risk listL40 4AQ: not on the flood risk listL40 4AR: not on the flood risk listL40 4AT: not on the flood risk listL40 4AX: not on the flood risk listL40 4AY: not on the flood risk listL40 4BD: not on the flood risk listL40 4BE: not on the flood risk listL40 4BF: not on the flood risk listL40 4BJ: not on the flood risk listL40 4BP: not on the flood risk listL40 4BR: not on the flood risk listL40 4BS: not on the flood risk listL40 4BX: not on the flood risk listL40 4BZ: not on the flood risk listL40 4LA: not on the flood risk listL40 4LB: not on the flood risk listL40 4LE: not on the flood risk listL40 4LP: not on the flood risk listL40 4LQ: not on the flood risk listL40 5AA: not on the flood risk listL40 5BD: not on the flood risk listL40 5BE: not on the flood risk listL40 5BF: not on the flood risk listL40 5BG: not on the flood risk listL40 5BL: not on the flood risk listL40 5BP: not on the flood risk listL40 5BR: not on the flood risk listL40 5BT: not on the flood risk listL40 5RS: not on the flood risk listL40 5RZ: not on the flood risk listL40 5SA: not on the flood risk listL40 5SB: not on the flood risk listL40 5SE: not on the flood risk listL40 5SG: not on the flood risk listL40 5SH: not on the flood risk listL40 5SL: not on the flood risk listL40 5SP: not on the flood risk listL40 5SQ: not on the flood risk listL40 5SS: not on the flood risk listL40 5ST: not on the flood risk listL40 5SU: not on the flood risk listL40 5SW: not on the flood risk listL40 5SX: not on the flood risk listL40 5SY: not on the flood risk listL40 5TB: not on the flood risk listL40 5TD: not on the flood risk listL40 5TE: not on the flood risk listL40 5TF: not on the flood risk listL40 5TH: not on the flood risk listL40 5TL: not on the flood risk listL40 5TN: not on the flood risk listL40 5TR: not on the flood risk listL40 5TS: not on the flood risk listL40 5TT: not on the flood risk listL40 5TU: not on the flood risk listL40 5TX: not on the flood risk listL40 5TY: not on the flood risk listL40 5UA: not on the flood risk listL40 5UB: not on the flood risk listL40 5UD: not on the flood risk listL40 5UE: not on the flood risk listL40 5UF: not on the flood risk listL40 5UG: not on the flood risk listL40 5UH: not on the flood risk listL40 5UJ: not on the flood risk listL40 5UN: not on the flood risk listL40 5UP: not on the flood risk listL40 5UQ: not on the flood risk listL40 5UR: not on the flood risk listL40 5UT: not on the flood risk listL40 5UW: not on the flood risk listL40 5UX: not on the flood risk listL40 5UZ: not on the flood risk listL40 5WD: not on the flood risk listL40 5XE: not on the flood risk listL40 5XF: not on the flood risk listL40 5XH: not on the flood risk listL40 5XS: not on the flood risk listL40 5XX: not on the flood risk listL40 5XY: not on the flood risk listL40 5YF: not on the flood risk listL40 6AB: not on the flood risk listL40 6AD: not on the flood risk listL40 6GA: not on the flood risk listL40 6HA: not on the flood risk listL40 6HB: not on the flood risk listL40 6HD: not on the flood risk listL40 6HE: not on the flood risk listL40 6HF: not on the flood risk listL40 6HG: not on the flood risk listL40 6HH: not on the flood risk listL40 6HL: not on the flood risk listL40 6HN: not on the flood risk listL40 6HQ: not on the flood risk listL40 6HR: not on the flood risk listL40 6HU: not on the flood risk listL40 6HW: not on the flood risk listL40 6HX: not on the flood risk listL40 6HY: not on the flood risk listL40 6JB: not on the flood risk listL40 6JD: not on the flood risk listL40 6JE: not on the flood risk listL40 6JG: not on the flood risk listL40 6JJ: not on the flood risk listL40 6JL: not on the flood risk listL40 6JN: not on the flood risk listL40 6JP: not on the flood risk listL40 6JQ: not on the flood risk listL40 6JR: not on the flood risk listL40 6JS: not on the flood risk listL40 6JT: not on the flood risk listL40 6JW: not on the flood risk listL40 6JX: not on the flood risk listL40 6JZ: not on the flood risk listL40 6LA: not on the flood risk listL40 6LD: not on the flood risk listL40 6LF: not on the flood risk listL40 6LG: not on the flood risk listL40 6LH: not on the flood risk listL40 6LN: not on the flood risk listL40 7AA: not on the flood risk listL40 7AB: not on the flood risk listL40 7AD: not on the flood risk listL40 7AF: not on the flood risk listL40 7AG: not on the flood risk listL40 7AH: not on the flood risk listL40 7AP: not on the flood risk listL40 7AQ: not on the flood risk listL40 7AR: not on the flood risk listL40 7AS: not on the flood risk listL40 7AT: not on the flood risk listL40 7AX: not on the flood risk listL40 7AY: not on the flood risk listL40 7AZ: not on the flood risk listL40 7BA: not on the flood risk listL40 7BB: not on the flood risk listL40 7BE: not on the flood risk listL40 7BF: not on the flood risk listL40 7BH: not on the flood risk listL40 7BJ: not on the flood risk listL40 7BL: not on the flood risk listL40 7BP: not on the flood risk listL40 7BQ: not on the flood risk listL40 7BR: not on the flood risk listL40 7BS: not on the flood risk listL40 7BT: not on the flood risk listL40 7BU: not on the flood risk listL40 7BW: not on the flood risk listL40 7BY: not on the flood risk listL40 7GA: not on the flood risk listL40 7RA: not on the flood risk listL40 7RB: not on the flood risk listL40 7RF: not on the flood risk listL40 7RG: not on the flood risk listL40 7RH: not on the flood risk listL40 7RJ: not on the flood risk listL40 7RL: not on the flood risk listL40 7RN: not on the flood risk listL40 7RS: not on the flood risk listL40 7RT: not on the flood risk listL40 7RU: not on the flood risk listL40 7RW: not on the flood risk listL40 7RX: not on the flood risk listL40 7RY: not on the flood risk listL40 7RZ: not on the flood risk listL40 7SA: not on the flood risk listL40 7SG: not on the flood risk listL40 7SL: not on the flood risk listL40 7SN: not on the flood risk listL40 7SP: not on the flood risk listL40 7SR: not on the flood risk listL40 7SS: not on the flood risk listL40 7ST: not on the flood risk listL40 7SU: not on the flood risk listL40 7SY: not on the flood risk listL40 7SZ: not on the flood risk listL40 7TB: not on the flood risk listL40 7TD: not on the flood risk listL40 7TE: not on the flood risk listL40 7TF: not on the flood risk listL40 7TG: not on the flood risk listL40 7TH: not on the flood risk listL40 7TL: not on the flood risk listL40 7TN: not on the flood risk listL40 7TR: not on the flood risk listL40 7TS: not on the flood risk listL40 7TT: not on the flood risk listL40 7TU: not on the flood risk listL40 7UA: not on the flood risk listL40 7UG: not on the flood risk listL40 7UH: not on the flood risk listL40 7UJ: not on the flood risk listL40 7UL: not on the flood risk listL40 7UP: not on the flood risk listL40 7UU: not on the flood risk listL40 7UW: not on the flood risk listL40 7UX: not on the flood risk listL40 7XA: not on the flood risk listL40 7XB: not on the flood risk listL40 7XG: not on the flood risk listL40 8AB: not on the flood risk listL40 8AF: not on the flood risk listL40 8AH: not on the flood risk listL40 8HA: not on the flood risk listL40 8HD: not on the flood risk listL40 8HE: not on the flood risk listL40 8HF: not on the flood risk listL40 8HG: not on the flood risk listL40 8HL: not on the flood risk listL40 8HN: not on the flood risk listL40 8HP: not on the flood risk listL40 8HQ: not on the flood risk listL40 8HR: not on the flood risk listL40 8HT: not on the flood risk listL40 8HU: not on the flood risk listL40 8HX: not on the flood risk listL40 8HY: not on the flood risk listL40 8HZ: not on the flood risk listL40 8JA: not on the flood risk listL40 8JB: not on the flood risk listL40 8JD: not on the flood risk listL40 8JE: not on the flood risk listL40 8JF: not on the flood risk listL40 8JG: not on the flood risk listL40 8JH: not on the flood risk listL40 8JJ: not on the flood risk listL40 8JL: not on the flood risk listL40 8JN: not on the flood risk listL40 8JQ: not on the flood risk listL40 8JR: not on the flood risk listL40 8JS: not on the flood risk listL40 8JT: not on the flood risk listL40 8JU: not on the flood risk listL40 8JW: not on the flood risk listL40 8JX: not on the flood risk listL40 8JY: not on the flood risk listL40 8LA: not on the flood risk listL40 8LD: not on the flood risk listL40 8LG: not on the flood risk listL40 8LT: not on the flood risk listL40 8RT: not on the flood risk listL40 8TF: not on the flood risk listL40 8TG: not on the flood risk listL40 9AB: not on the flood risk listL40 9AD: not on the flood risk listL40 9PZ: not on the flood risk listL40 9QB: not on the flood risk listL40 9QD: not on the flood risk listL40 9QE: not on the flood risk listL40 9QF: not on the flood risk listL40 9QG: not on the flood risk listL40 9QH: not on the flood risk listL40 9QJ: not on the flood risk listL40 9QL: not on the flood risk listL40 9QR: not on the flood risk listL40 9QS: not on the flood risk listL40 9QT: not on the flood risk listL40 9QX: not on the flood risk listL40 9QY: not on the flood risk listL40 9QZ: not on the flood risk listL40 9RA: not on the flood risk listL40 9RB: not on the flood risk listL40 9RD: not on the flood risk listL40 9RE: not on the flood risk listL40 9RF: not on the flood risk listL40 9RG: not on the flood risk listL40 9RH: not on the flood risk listL40 9RL: not on the flood risk listL40 9RN: not on the flood risk listL40 9RP: not on the flood risk listL40 9RQ: not on the flood risk listL40 9RR: not on the flood risk listL40 9RS: not on the flood risk listL40 9RT: not on the flood risk listL40 9RU: not on the flood risk listL40 9RX: not on the flood risk listL40 9SD: not on the flood risk listL40 9SW: not on the flood risk listL40 1SD: very low flood risk onlyL40 1SG: very low flood risk onlyL40 1SQ: very low flood risk onlyL40 1ST: very low flood risk onlyL40 1SU: very low flood risk onlyL40 1SX: very low flood risk onlyL40 1TA: very low flood risk onlyL40 1UG: very low flood risk onlyL40 1AA: low flood risk at worstL40 1RB: low flood risk at worstL40 1SY: low flood risk at worstL40 1SZ: low flood risk at worstL40 1TE: low flood risk at worstL40 1TF: low flood risk at worstL40 1TG: low flood risk at worstL40 1TJ: low flood risk at worstL40 1TL: low flood risk at worstL40 1TN: low flood risk at worstL40 1TR: low flood risk at worstL40 1TT: low flood risk at worstL40 1TU: low flood risk at worstL40 1TW: low flood risk at worstL40 1UB: low flood risk at worstL40 1UE: low flood risk at worstL40 1UJ: low flood risk at worstL40 2RD: low flood risk at worstL40 4AJ: low flood risk at worstL40 4BL: low flood risk at worstL40 4BN: low flood risk at worstL40 4BW: low flood risk at worstL40 5XD: low flood risk at worstL40 6JH: low flood risk at worstL40 8HH: low flood risk at worstL40 8HJ: low flood risk at worstL40 8HW: low flood risk at worstL40 9RZ: low flood risk at worstL40 0RL: medium flood risk at worstL40 2PA: medium flood risk at worstL40 2QA: medium flood risk at worstL40 2QD: medium flood risk at worstL40 4BT: medium flood risk at worstL40 5UL: medium flood risk at worstL40 8HB: medium flood risk at worstL40 0RU: high flood riskL40 0TA: high flood riskL40 1AE: high flood riskL40 1BJ: high flood riskL40 1SL: high flood riskL40 1TB: high flood riskL40 2QH: high flood riskL40 3SA: high flood riskL40 4AZ: high flood riskL40 4BB: high flood riskL40 4BG: high flood riskL40 4BH: high flood riskL40 4BQ: high flood riskL40 4BU: high flood riskL40 9AA: high flood riskL40 9QN: high flood riskL40 9RJ: high flood risk BurscoughSkelmersdaleOrmskirkParbold Map of every postcode in L40, by flood risk Of the 572 postcodes in L40 that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 31 are at low risk at worst, 8 are at very low risk only and 507 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Burscough, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk, Parbold. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. BurscoughSkelmersdaleOrmskirkParbold
  • A home or business at high risk: 19
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 31
  • At very low risk only: 8
  • Not on the at-risk list: 507

Of the 572 postcodes in L40 that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 31 are at low risk at worst, 8 are at very low risk only and 507 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.6030, longitude -2.8419. 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

19 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

L40 4BU19 at high riskL40 1TB18 at high riskL40 1SL15 at high riskL40 1BJ12 at high riskL40 0TA8 at high riskL40 9QN8 at high riskL40 1SP5 at high riskL40 9AA4 at high riskL40 0RU2 at high riskL40 1AE2 at high riskL40 9RJ2 at high riskL40 4BB1 at high risk

What broadband can you get in L40?

Ofcom reports on 566 of the 572 postcodes in L40. At 373 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 17 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit373 of 566
Postcodes where every home can get superfast469 of 566
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband17 of 566

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 L40 at risk of flooding?

65 of the 572 postcodes in L40 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 148 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 65 of 572 postcodes High: 103Medium: 45Low: 405Very low: 75

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 L40?

Homes in L40 sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 273 sales, down 1.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£290,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£295,000
12 months to August 2026
£290,000

▼ down 1.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£435,000 105 sales
Semi-detached£258,500 106 sales
Terraced£228,000 52 sales
Flat or maisonette£161,000 10 sales

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 L40

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

L40 042 postcodesL40 167 postcodesL40 238 postcodesL40 336 postcodesL40 444 postcodesL40 588 postcodesL40 649 postcodesL40 7114 postcodesL40 851 postcodesL40 943 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in L40

Towns and villages with postcodes in L40, and how many each has here.

Burscough postcodes,218Ormskirk postcodes,31Skelmersdale postcodes,2

Who covers L40

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

  • West Lancashire452
  • Southport65
  • South Ribble55

Police force areas

  • Lancashire572

Next to L40

L39 postcode district L67 postcode district All L districts Burscough postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after L40 in the L area.

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