Burscough

Burscough is covered by postcode district L40. It is in the West Lancashire council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £245,000 Homes sold in Burscough, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 179 of 218 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 6 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Burscough, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Burscough, by flood risk Of the 218 postcodes in Burscough that ONS places, 218 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Burscough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. L40 0AA: 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 0RE: not on the flood risk listL40 0RG: not on the flood risk listL40 0RH: not on the flood risk listL40 0RQ: not on the flood risk listL40 0RR: not on the flood risk listL40 0RT: 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 0SG: not on the flood risk listL40 0SN: not on the flood risk listL40 0SP: not on the flood risk listL40 0SQ: not on the flood risk listL40 0SR: not on the flood risk listL40 0SS: not on the flood risk listL40 0ST: not on the flood risk listL40 0SU: not on the flood risk listL40 0SW: not on the flood risk listL40 0SY: not on the flood risk listL40 0TF: not on the flood risk listL40 0TL: not on the flood risk listL40 0TQ: not on the flood risk listL40 0TW: not on the flood risk listL40 4AA: 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 4AL: not on the flood risk listL40 4AQ: not on the flood risk listL40 4AR: not on the flood risk listL40 4AU: not on the flood risk listL40 4AW: not on the flood risk listL40 4AX: not on the flood risk listL40 4AY: not on the flood risk listL40 4BF: not on the flood risk listL40 4BX: not on the flood risk listL40 4BY: 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 4LD: not on the flood risk listL40 4LE: not on the flood risk listL40 4LF: not on the flood risk listL40 4LG: 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 5BJ: not on the flood risk listL40 5BL: not on the flood risk listL40 5BN: not on the flood risk listL40 5BP: not on the flood risk listL40 5BQ: not on the flood risk listL40 5BR: not on the flood risk listL40 5BS: not on the flood risk listL40 5BT: not on the flood risk listL40 5BU: not on the flood risk listL40 5BW: not on the flood risk listL40 5BX: 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 5SD: not on the flood risk listL40 5SE: not on the flood risk listL40 5SF: not on the flood risk listL40 5SG: not on the flood risk listL40 5SH: not on the flood risk listL40 5SJ: not on the flood risk listL40 5SL: not on the flood risk listL40 5SN: not on the flood risk listL40 5SP: not on the flood risk listL40 5SQ: not on the flood risk listL40 5SR: 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 5SZ: not on the flood risk listL40 5TA: not on the flood risk listL40 5TB: not on the flood risk listL40 5TD: not on the flood risk listL40 5TG: not on the flood risk listL40 5TJ: not on the flood risk listL40 5TL: not on the flood risk listL40 5TN: not on the flood risk listL40 5TP: not on the flood risk listL40 5TW: not on the flood risk listL40 5UT: not on the flood risk listL40 5UU: not on the flood risk listL40 5UX: not on the flood risk listL40 5UY: not on the flood risk listL40 5UZ: 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 5XT: not on the flood risk listL40 5XU: not on the flood risk listL40 5XW: 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 7AA: not on the flood risk listL40 7AS: not on the flood risk listL40 7AT: not on the flood risk listL40 7AU: not on the flood risk listL40 7AW: 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 7BD: not on the flood risk listL40 7BE: not on the flood risk listL40 7BF: not on the flood risk listL40 7BG: not on the flood risk listL40 7BH: not on the flood risk listL40 7BQ: not on the flood risk listL40 7BR: not on the flood risk listL40 7RA: not on the flood risk listL40 7RB: not on the flood risk listL40 7RD: not on the flood risk listL40 7RE: 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 7RP: not on the flood risk listL40 7RQ: not on the flood risk listL40 7RR: 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 7SB: not on the flood risk listL40 7SD: not on the flood risk listL40 7SE: not on the flood risk listL40 7SF: not on the flood risk listL40 7SG: not on the flood risk listL40 7SH: not on the flood risk listL40 7SJ: not on the flood risk listL40 7SQ: 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 7TA: 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 7TJ: not on the flood risk listL40 7TL: not on the flood risk listL40 7TN: not on the flood risk listL40 7TP: not on the flood risk listL40 7TQ: 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 7TW: not on the flood risk listL40 7TX: not on the flood risk listL40 7UA: not on the flood risk listL40 7UD: 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 7UN: not on the flood risk listL40 7UP: not on the flood risk listL40 7UR: 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 7UY: not on the flood risk listL40 7UZ: 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 8AD: not on the flood risk listL40 8AF: not on the flood risk listL40 8JA: not on the flood risk listL40 8JB: not on the flood risk listL40 8JH: 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 8LB: not on the flood risk listL40 8LD: 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 9RL: not on the flood risk list Burscough Map of every postcode in Burscough, by flood risk Of the 218 postcodes in Burscough that ONS places, 218 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Burscough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Burscough
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 218

Of the 218 postcodes in Burscough that ONS places, 218 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 53.5986, longitude -2.8461. 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

What is it like to live in Burscough?

Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 179 of the 218 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 218 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Burscough Junction, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Burscough?

Homes in Burscough sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 135 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£245,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£245,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £395,000 37 sales
  • Semi-detached £245,000 61 sales
  • Terraced £210,000 27 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £161,000 10 sales

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

Across the whole L40 district, Burscough's main postcode district: a typical £290,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Burscough: 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

Are new homes being built in Burscough?

11 of the 218 postcodes now in use in Burscough came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 42 of the 207 homes sold in Burscough were newly built (20%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L40 district, 23%.

The newest postcodes

L40 7BRsince February 2024L40 7BAsince July 2023L40 7BQsince June 2023L40 7BHsince April 2022L40 7BGsince December 2021L40 7BDsince September 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BurscoughAcross the L40 district
The 12 months to August 2026 3 of 135 (2%) 20 of 273 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 42 of 207 (20%) 99 of 427 (23%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Burscough?

Ofcom reports on 218 of the 218 postcodes in Burscough. At 179 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit179 of 218
Postcodes where every home can get superfast207 of 218
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband3 of 218

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 Burscough at risk of flooding?

None of the 218 postcodes in Burscough is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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

Which schools are in Burscough?

The open schools at the postcodes in Burscough. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Burscough?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Burscough is Burscough Junction Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.

  • Burscough Junction Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
  • Burscough Bridge Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
  • New Lane Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Burscough?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Burscough. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Burscough safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 713 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Burscough over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 61 September 2025
  2. 61 October 2025
  3. 89 November 2025
  4. 65 December 2025
  5. 62 January 2026
  6. 39 February 2026
  7. 69 March 2026
  8. 54 April 2026
  9. 42 May 2026
  10. 48 June 2026
  11. 64 July 2026
  12. 59 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences274 reports
Anti-social behaviour181 reports
Shoplifting74 reports
Public order37 reports
Criminal damage and arson36 reports
Other theft36 reports
Other crime19 reports
Vehicle crime18 reports

Also: burglary 15, drugs 14, theft from the person 3, possession of weapons 3, bicycle theft 2, robbery 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Burscough?

District, borough or city council
West Lancashire
County council
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency
West Lancashire
Police force area
Lancashire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Ashley Dalton (Labour)

All 218 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Burscough

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Burscough postcodes

218 postcodes in use in Burscough, by district:

L40 postcode district,218 postcodes

That district is in the L postcode area.

Check a Burscough postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Burscough

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Burscough's £245,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ormskirk4.8 km, £275,000Parbold5.2 km, £316,000Skelmersdale7.1 km, £165,000Croston8.6 km, £267,500Appley Bridge8.8 km, £247,000Eccleston9.6 km, £260,000Banks10.1 km, £221,000Tarleton and Hesketh Bank10.3 km, £278,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Burscough

What is it like to live in Burscough?
Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 179 of the 218 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 218 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Burscough Junction, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Burscough?
Burscough is covered by postcode district L40, across 218 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Burscough in?
Burscough is in the West Lancashire council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Burscough?
Burscough is in the West Lancashire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Ashley Dalton (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Burscough?
Homes in Burscough sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 135 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Burscough?
In Burscough, primary schools at its postcodes include Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School, Burscough Bridge Methodist School and Burscough Village Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Burscough Priory Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Burscough have a railway station?
Yes: Burscough Junction is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Burscough, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Burscough?
Ofcom reports on 218 of the 218 postcodes in Burscough. At 179 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Burscough at risk of flooding?
None of the 218 postcodes in Burscough is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Burscough?
11 of the 218 postcodes now in use in Burscough came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 42 of the 207 homes sold in Burscough were newly built (20%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L40 district, 23%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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