Ormskirk

Ormskirk is covered by postcode districts L39 and L40. It is in the West Lancashire council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £272,500 Homes sold in Ormskirk, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 492 of 556 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 34 of 613 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 68 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 10 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre

Every postcode in Ormskirk, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ormskirk, by flood risk Of the 613 postcodes in Ormskirk that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 18 are at low risk at worst and 579 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ormskirk. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A577 L39 0WZ: not on the flood risk listL39 1LB: not on the flood risk listL39 1LE: not on the flood risk listL39 1LF: not on the flood risk listL39 1LH: not on the flood risk listL39 1LJ: not on the flood risk listL39 1LL: not on the flood risk listL39 1LN: not on the flood risk listL39 1LP: not on the flood risk listL39 1LQ: not on the flood risk listL39 1LR: not on the flood risk listL39 1LS: not on the flood risk listL39 1LT: not on the flood risk listL39 1LU: not on the flood risk listL39 1LX: not on the flood risk listL39 1LZ: not on the flood risk listL39 1NA: not on the flood risk listL39 1NB: not on the flood risk listL39 1ND: not on the flood risk listL39 1NE: not on the flood risk listL39 1NF: not on the flood risk listL39 1NG: not on the flood risk listL39 1NH: not on the flood risk listL39 1NJ: not on the flood risk listL39 1NL: not on the flood risk listL39 1NN: not on the flood risk listL39 1NP: not on the flood risk listL39 1NQ: not on the flood risk listL39 1NR: not on the flood risk listL39 1NS: not on the flood risk listL39 1NT: not on the flood risk listL39 1NU: not on the flood risk listL39 1NW: not on the flood risk listL39 1NX: not on the flood risk listL39 1NY: not on the flood risk listL39 1NZ: not on the flood risk listL39 1PA: not on the flood risk listL39 1PB: not on the flood risk listL39 1PD: not on the flood risk listL39 1PE: not on the flood risk listL39 1PF: not on the flood risk listL39 1PG: not on the flood risk listL39 1PH: not on the flood risk listL39 1PJ: not on the flood risk listL39 1PL: not on the flood risk listL39 1PN: not on the flood risk listL39 1PP: not on the flood risk listL39 1PQ: not on the flood risk listL39 1PR: not on the flood risk listL39 1PS: not on the flood risk listL39 1PU: not on the flood risk listL39 1PW: not on the flood risk listL39 1PX: not on the flood risk listL39 1PY: not on the flood risk listL39 1PZ: not on the flood risk listL39 1QA: not on the flood risk listL39 1QB: not on the flood risk listL39 1QD: not on the flood risk listL39 1QE: not on the flood risk listL39 1QF: not on the flood risk listL39 1QG: not on the flood risk listL39 1QH: not on the flood risk listL39 1QJ: not on the flood risk listL39 1QL: not on the flood risk listL39 1QN: not on the flood risk listL39 1QP: not on the flood risk listL39 1QQ: not on the flood risk listL39 1QR: not on the flood risk listL39 1QW: not on the flood risk listL39 1RB: not on the flood risk listL39 1RH: not on the flood risk listL39 1RN: not on the flood risk listL39 1RS: not on the flood risk listL39 1SL: not on the flood risk listL39 2AA: not on the flood risk listL39 2AF: not on the flood risk listL39 2AG: not on the flood risk listL39 2AH: not on the flood risk listL39 2AN: not on the flood risk listL39 2AP: not on the flood risk listL39 2AQ: not on the flood risk listL39 2AS: not on the flood risk listL39 2AT: not on the flood risk listL39 2AU: not on the flood risk listL39 2AW: not on the flood risk listL39 2AY: not on the flood risk listL39 2AZ: not on the flood risk listL39 2BA: not on the flood risk listL39 2BB: not on the flood risk listL39 2BD: not on the flood risk listL39 2BE: not on the flood risk listL39 2BF: not on the flood risk listL39 2BG: not on the flood risk listL39 2BH: not on the flood risk listL39 2BJ: not on the flood risk listL39 2BN: not on the flood risk listL39 2BQ: not on the flood risk listL39 2BS: not on the flood risk listL39 2BU: not on the flood risk listL39 2BW: not on the flood risk listL39 2BY: not on the flood risk listL39 2BZ: not on the flood risk listL39 2DD: not on the flood risk listL39 2DE: not on the flood risk listL39 2DH: not on the flood risk listL39 2DJ: not on the flood risk listL39 2DN: not on the flood risk listL39 2DP: not on the flood risk listL39 2DR: not on the flood risk listL39 2DS: not on the flood risk listL39 2DT: not on the flood risk listL39 2DU: not on the flood risk listL39 2DX: not on the flood risk listL39 2DY: not on the flood risk listL39 2EA: not on the flood risk listL39 2EB: not on the flood risk listL39 2ED: not on the flood risk listL39 2EE: not on the flood risk listL39 2EF: not on the flood risk listL39 2EG: not on the flood risk listL39 2EJ: not on the flood risk listL39 2EL: not on the flood risk listL39 2EN: not on the flood risk listL39 2EP: not on the flood risk listL39 2EQ: not on the flood risk listL39 2ER: not on the flood risk listL39 2ES: not on the flood risk listL39 2ET: not on the flood risk listL39 2EU: not on the flood risk listL39 2EX: not on the flood risk listL39 2EY: not on the flood risk listL39 2FF: not on the flood risk listL39 2FJ: not on the flood risk listL39 2HB: not on the flood risk listL39 2HD: not on the flood risk listL39 2HG: not on the flood risk listL39 2HH: not on the flood risk listL39 2HJ: not on the flood risk listL39 2HQ: not on the flood risk listL39 2HZ: not on the flood risk listL39 2JB: not on the flood risk listL39 2JN: not on the flood risk listL39 2JQ: not on the flood risk listL39 2XA: not on the flood risk listL39 2XB: not on the flood risk listL39 2XD: not on the flood risk listL39 2XE: not on the flood risk listL39 2XF: not on the flood risk listL39 2XH: not on the flood risk listL39 2XJ: not on the flood risk listL39 2XN: not on the flood risk listL39 2XP: not on the flood risk listL39 2XR: not on the flood risk listL39 2XY: not on the flood risk listL39 2XZ: not on the flood risk listL39 2YA: not on the flood risk listL39 2YF: not on the flood risk listL39 2YG: not on the flood risk listL39 2YN: not on the flood risk listL39 2YP: not on the flood risk listL39 2YR: not on the flood risk listL39 2YS: not on the flood risk listL39 2YT: not on the flood risk listL39 2YU: not on the flood risk listL39 2YW: not on the flood risk listL39 2YX: not on the flood risk listL39 2ZA: not on the flood risk listL39 2ZB: not on the flood risk listL39 3AE: not on the flood risk listL39 3AG: not on the flood risk listL39 3AH: not on the flood risk listL39 3AJ: not on the flood risk listL39 3AL: not on the flood risk listL39 3AN: not on the flood risk listL39 3AP: not on the flood risk listL39 3AR: not on the flood risk listL39 3AT: not on the flood risk listL39 3AW: not on the flood risk listL39 3AX: not on the flood risk listL39 3BB: not on the flood risk listL39 3BD: not on the flood risk listL39 3BE: not on the flood risk listL39 3BF: not on the flood risk listL39 3BG: not on the flood risk listL39 3BH: not on the flood risk listL39 3BL: not on the flood risk listL39 3BQ: not on the flood risk listL39 3BY: not on the flood risk listL39 3LB: not on the flood risk listL39 3LD: not on the flood risk listL39 3LF: not on the flood risk listL39 3LH: not on the flood risk listL39 3LJ: not on the flood risk listL39 3LL: not on the flood risk listL39 3LN: not on the flood risk listL39 3LQ: not on the flood risk listL39 3LR: not on the flood risk listL39 3LS: not on the flood risk listL39 3LT: not on the flood risk listL39 3LW: not on the flood risk listL39 3NA: not on the flood risk listL39 3ND: not on the flood risk listL39 3NE: not on the flood risk listL39 3NF: not on the flood risk listL39 3NG: not on the flood risk listL39 3NH: not on the flood risk listL39 3NJ: not on the flood risk listL39 3NL: not on the flood risk listL39 3NN: not on the flood risk listL39 3NP: not on the flood risk listL39 3NQ: not on the flood risk listL39 3NR: not on the flood risk listL39 3NS: not on the flood risk listL39 3NT: not on the flood risk listL39 3NU: not on the flood risk listL39 3NW: not on the flood risk listL39 3NX: not on the flood risk listL39 3NY: not on the flood risk listL39 3NZ: not on the flood risk listL39 3PA: not on the flood risk listL39 3PB: not on the flood risk listL39 3PD: not on the flood risk listL39 3PH: not on the flood risk listL39 3PJ: not on the flood risk listL39 3PN: not on the flood risk listL39 3PR: not on the flood risk listL39 3PU: not on the flood risk listL39 3PX: not on the flood risk listL39 3PY: not on the flood risk listL39 3QG: not on the flood risk listL39 3QL: not on the flood risk listL39 3QN: not on the flood risk listL39 3QS: not on the flood risk listL39 3QX: not on the flood risk listL39 3RB: not on the flood risk listL39 3RD: not on the flood risk listL39 3RG: not on the flood risk listL39 3RH: not on the flood risk listL39 3RJ: not on the flood risk listL39 3RN: not on the flood risk listL39 3RQ: not on the flood risk listL39 4AA: not on the flood risk listL39 4AB: not on the flood risk listL39 4AD: not on the flood risk listL39 4AE: not on the flood risk listL39 4AF: not on the flood risk listL39 4AG: not on the flood risk listL39 4AH: not on the flood risk listL39 4AJ: not on the flood risk listL39 4AL: not on the flood risk listL39 4AN: not on the flood risk listL39 4AQ: not on the flood risk listL39 4AS: not on the flood risk listL39 4AT: not on the flood risk listL39 4AU: not on the flood risk listL39 4AW: not on the flood risk listL39 4AX: not on the flood risk listL39 4AY: not on the flood risk listL39 4AZ: not on the flood risk listL39 4GA: not on the flood risk listL39 4PL: not on the flood risk listL39 4PS: not on the flood risk listL39 4PT: not on the flood risk listL39 4PY: not on the flood risk listL39 4PZ: not on the flood risk listL39 4QA: not on the flood risk listL39 4QB: not on the flood risk listL39 4QD: not on the flood risk listL39 4QE: not on the flood risk listL39 4QF: not on the flood risk listL39 4QJ: not on the flood risk listL39 4QL: not on the flood risk listL39 4QP: not on the flood risk listL39 4QR: not on the flood risk listL39 4QT: not on the flood risk listL39 4QU: not on the flood risk listL39 4QW: not on the flood risk listL39 4QX: not on the flood risk listL39 4QZ: not on the flood risk listL39 4RA: not on the flood risk listL39 4RB: not on the flood risk listL39 4RD: not on the flood risk listL39 4RH: not on the flood risk listL39 4RJ: not on the flood risk listL39 4RL: not on the flood risk listL39 4RR: not on the flood risk listL39 4RS: not on the flood risk listL39 4RT: not on the flood risk listL39 4RU: not on the flood risk listL39 4RX: not on the flood risk listL39 4RY: not on the flood risk listL39 4SA: not on the flood risk listL39 4SB: not on the flood risk listL39 4SD: not on the flood risk listL39 4SE: not on the flood risk listL39 4SF: not on the flood risk listL39 4SG: not on the flood risk listL39 4SH: not on the flood risk listL39 4SJ: not on the flood risk listL39 4SL: not on the flood risk listL39 4SN: not on the flood risk listL39 4SP: not on the flood risk listL39 4SQ: not on the flood risk listL39 4SR: not on the flood risk listL39 4SS: not on the flood risk listL39 4ST: not on the flood risk listL39 4SU: not on the flood risk listL39 4SW: not on the flood risk listL39 4SX: not on the flood risk listL39 4SY: not on the flood risk listL39 4SZ: not on the flood risk listL39 4TA: not on the flood risk listL39 4TB: not on the flood risk listL39 4TD: not on the flood risk listL39 4TE: not on the flood risk listL39 4TF: not on the flood risk listL39 4TG: not on the flood risk listL39 4TH: not on the flood risk listL39 4TJ: not on the flood risk listL39 4TL: not on the flood risk listL39 4TN: not on the flood risk listL39 4TP: not on the flood risk listL39 4TQ: not on the flood risk listL39 4TR: not on the flood risk listL39 4TS: not on the flood risk listL39 4TT: not on the flood risk listL39 4TU: not on the flood risk listL39 4TW: not on the flood risk listL39 4TX: not on the flood risk listL39 4TY: not on the flood risk listL39 4TZ: not on the flood risk listL39 4UA: not on the flood risk listL39 4UB: not on the flood risk listL39 4UD: not on the flood risk listL39 4UE: not on the flood risk listL39 4UF: not on the flood risk listL39 4UG: not on the flood risk listL39 4UH: not on the flood risk listL39 4UJ: not on the flood risk listL39 4UL: not on the flood risk listL39 4UN: not on the flood risk listL39 4UP: not on the flood risk listL39 4UQ: not on the flood risk listL39 4UR: not on the flood risk listL39 4US: not on the flood risk listL39 4UZ: not on the flood risk listL39 4XB: not on the flood risk listL39 4XD: not on the flood risk listL39 4XE: not on the flood risk listL39 4XF: not on the flood risk listL39 4XJ: not on the flood risk listL39 4XL: not on the flood risk listL39 4XN: not on the flood risk listL39 4XP: not on the flood risk listL39 4YA: not on the flood risk listL39 4YE: not on the flood risk listL39 4YG: not on the flood risk listL39 4YH: not on the flood risk listL39 4YJ: not on the flood risk listL39 4YX: not on the flood risk listL39 5AA: not on the flood risk listL39 5AB: not on the flood risk listL39 5AD: not on the flood risk listL39 5AE: not on the flood risk listL39 5AF: not on the flood risk listL39 5AG: not on the flood risk listL39 5AH: not on the flood risk listL39 5AJ: not on the flood risk listL39 5AL: not on the flood risk listL39 5AN: not on the flood risk listL39 5AP: not on the flood risk listL39 5AQ: not on the flood risk listL39 5AR: not on the flood risk listL39 5AS: not on the flood risk listL39 5AT: not on the flood risk listL39 5AU: not on the flood risk listL39 5AW: not on the flood risk listL39 5AX: not on the flood risk listL39 5AY: not on the flood risk listL39 5AZ: not on the flood risk listL39 5BA: not on the flood risk listL39 5BB: not on the flood risk listL39 5BD: not on the flood risk listL39 5BE: not on the flood risk listL39 5BF: not on the flood risk listL39 5BG: not on the flood risk listL39 5BH: not on the flood risk listL39 5BJ: not on the flood risk listL39 5BL: not on the flood risk listL39 5BN: not on the flood risk listL39 5BQ: not on the flood risk listL39 5BT: not on the flood risk listL39 5BU: not on the flood risk listL39 5BW: not on the flood risk listL39 5BY: not on the flood risk listL39 5BZ: not on the flood risk listL39 5DA: not on the flood risk listL39 5DB: not on the flood risk listL39 5DD: not on the flood risk listL39 5DE: not on the flood risk listL39 5DF: not on the flood risk listL39 5DG: not on the flood risk listL39 5DH: not on the flood risk listL39 5DJ: not on the flood risk listL39 5DL: not on the flood risk listL39 5DN: not on the flood risk listL39 5DP: not on the flood risk listL39 5DQ: not on the flood risk listL39 5DR: not on the flood risk listL39 5DS: not on the flood risk listL39 5DT: not on the flood risk listL39 5DU: not on the flood risk listL39 5DW: not on the flood risk listL39 5DX: not on the flood risk listL39 5DY: not on the flood risk listL39 5DZ: not on the flood risk listL39 5EA: not on the flood risk listL39 5EB: not on the flood risk listL39 5ED: not on the flood risk listL39 5EE: not on the flood risk listL39 5EF: not on the flood risk listL39 5EG: not on the flood risk listL39 5EH: not on the flood risk listL39 5EJ: not on the flood risk listL39 5EL: not on the flood risk listL39 5EN: not on the flood risk listL39 5EP: not on the flood risk listL39 5EQ: not on the flood risk listL39 5ER: not on the flood risk listL39 5ES: not on the flood risk listL39 5ET: not on the flood risk listL39 5EU: not on the flood risk listL39 5EW: not on the flood risk listL39 5EX: not on the flood risk listL39 5EY: not on the flood risk listL39 5EZ: not on the flood risk listL39 5FA: not on the flood risk listL39 5FB: not on the flood risk listL39 5FD: not on the flood risk listL39 5HA: not on the flood risk listL39 5HB: not on the flood risk listL39 5HD: not on the flood risk listL39 5HE: not on the flood risk listL39 5HF: not on the flood risk listL39 5HJ: not on the flood risk listL39 5HL: not on the flood risk listL39 5HS: not on the flood risk listL39 5HX: not on the flood risk listL39 5JA: not on the flood risk listL39 5JQ: not on the flood risk listL39 5JX: not on the flood risk listL39 5QA: not on the flood risk listL39 5QB: not on the flood risk listL39 5QE: not on the flood risk listL39 5QF: not on the flood risk listL39 5QG: not on the flood risk listL39 5QH: not on the flood risk listL39 5QJ: not on the flood risk listL39 5QL: not on the flood risk listL39 5QQ: not on the flood risk listL39 5QS: not on the flood risk listL39 5RA: not on the flood risk listL39 5RB: not on the flood risk listL39 5RD: not on the flood risk listL39 5RE: not on the flood risk listL39 5RF: not on the flood risk listL39 5RJ: not on the flood risk listL39 5RL: not on the flood risk listL39 6AD: not on the flood risk listL39 6RF: not on the flood risk listL39 6RG: not on the flood risk listL39 6RH: not on the flood risk listL39 6RJ: not on the flood risk listL39 6RN: not on the flood risk listL39 6RR: not on the flood risk listL39 6RS: not on the flood risk listL39 6RT: not on the flood risk listL39 6RU: not on the flood risk listL39 6RW: not on the flood risk listL39 6RY: not on the flood risk listL39 6RZ: not on the flood risk listL39 6SF: not on the flood risk listL39 6SG: not on the flood risk listL39 6TB: not on the flood risk listL39 6TH: not on the flood risk listL39 6TR: not on the flood risk listL39 6TT: not on the flood risk listL39 6UH: not on the flood risk listL39 8RQ: not on the flood risk listL39 8TR: not on the flood risk listL39 9EA: not on the flood risk listL40 5TR: 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 6HG: not on the flood risk listL40 6HH: not on the flood risk listL40 6HJ: not on the flood risk listL40 6HQ: not on the flood risk listL40 6HX: not on the flood risk listL40 6JP: not on the flood risk listL40 6JU: not on the flood risk listL40 6LD: not on the flood risk listL40 7AB: not on the flood risk listL40 7AD: not on the flood risk listL40 7AE: 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 7AJ: not on the flood risk listL40 7AL: not on the flood risk listL40 7AN: 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 7SL: not on the flood risk listL40 7SW: not on the flood risk listL39 1LA: low flood risk at worstL39 1LD: low flood risk at worstL39 1LW: low flood risk at worstL39 1RL: low flood risk at worstL39 3AU: low flood risk at worstL39 3AY: low flood risk at worstL39 3AZ: low flood risk at worstL39 3BA: low flood risk at worstL39 3BP: low flood risk at worstL39 3BS: low flood risk at worstL39 3NB: low flood risk at worstL39 3PL: low flood risk at worstL39 3QH: low flood risk at worstL39 4RQ: low flood risk at worstL39 6RD: low flood risk at worstL39 6RL: low flood risk at worstL39 1LG: medium flood risk at worstL39 3AS: medium flood risk at worstL39 3BN: medium flood risk at worstL39 3LG: medium flood risk at worstL39 3LU: medium flood risk at worstL39 4RW: medium flood risk at worstL39 6RB: medium flood risk at worstL39 6RE: medium flood risk at worstL39 3LY: high flood riskL39 4RE: high flood riskL39 4RF: high flood riskL39 4RG: high flood riskL39 4RN: high flood riskL39 4XR: high flood riskL39 6RP: high flood riskL39 6SE: high flood risk Ormskirk Map of every postcode in Ormskirk, by flood risk Of the 613 postcodes in Ormskirk that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 18 are at low risk at worst and 579 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ormskirk. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Ormskirk
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 8
  • At low risk at worst: 18
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 579

Of the 613 postcodes in Ormskirk that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 18 are at low risk at worst and 579 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 53.5634, longitude -2.8888. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The postcodes at high risk

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

L39 6SE8 at high riskL39 4RN5 at high riskL39 4RE5 at high riskL39 6RP3 at high riskL39 4RG3 at high riskL39 4RF3 at high riskL39 3LY1 at high riskL39 4XR1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Ormskirk?

Homes sold for a typical £272,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 492 of the 556 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 68 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 34 of its 613 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ormskirk, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Ormskirk?

Homes in Ormskirk sold for a typical £272,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 257 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £270,000 from 354 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£272,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£270,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £455,000 68 sales
  • Semi-detached £278,500 116 sales
  • Terraced £197,500 53 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £155,750 20 sales

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

Across the whole L39 district, Ormskirk's main postcode district: a typical £283,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ormskirk: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Ormskirk?

31 of the 613 postcodes now in use in Ormskirk came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 354 homes sold in Ormskirk were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L39 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

L39 1WFsince March 2026L39 7WUsince February 2026L39 8YXsince December 2025L40 5XNsince December 2025L39 2FJsince September 2025L39 2XUsince August 2024

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 OrmskirkAcross the L39 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 257 (0%) 0 of 286 (0%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 354 (0%) 1 of 396 (Under 1%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Ormskirk?

Ofcom reports on 556 of the 613 postcodes in Ormskirk. At 492 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit492 of 556
Postcodes where every home can get superfast542 of 556

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Ormskirk at risk of flooding?

34 of the 613 postcodes in Ormskirk 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 68 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 34 of 613 postcodes High: 29Medium: 39Low: 297

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Ormskirk?

The open schools at the postcodes in Ormskirk (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Ormskirk?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ormskirk is Ormskirk Rail Station, 850 m away in a straight line.

  • Ormskirk Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
  • Aughton Park Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
  • Town Green Rail Station Railway station 2.5 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Ormskirk?

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

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Ormskirk safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,210 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ormskirk 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. 97 September 2025
  2. 114 October 2025
  3. 107 November 2025
  4. 122 December 2025
  5. 76 January 2026
  6. 72 February 2026
  7. 93 March 2026
  8. 93 April 2026
  9. 99 May 2026
  10. 103 June 2026
  11. 116 July 2026
  12. 118 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences480 reports
Anti-social behaviour255 reports
Shoplifting126 reports
Criminal damage and arson80 reports
Other theft67 reports
Public order58 reports
Vehicle crime38 reports
Burglary27 reports

Also: drugs 19, other crime 19, robbery 17, possession of weapons 16, bicycle theft 5, theft from the person 3.

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 to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Ormskirk?

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

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Ormskirk

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

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Ormskirk postcodes

613 postcodes in use in Ormskirk, by district:

L39 postcode district,582 postcodesL40 postcode district,31 postcodes

Those districts are all in the L postcode area.

Check a Ormskirk 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 Ormskirk

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ormskirk's £272,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Burscough4.8 km, £249,000Lydiate5.6 km, £245,000Maghull6.6 km, £250,500Skelmersdale7.5 km, £159,975Parbold8.6 km, £382,500Kirkby8.9 km, £170,000Aintree9.6 km, £237,475Rainford9.7 km, £275,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Ormskirk

What is the postcode for Ormskirk?
Postcode districts L39 and L40, with 613 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Ormskirk in?
West Lancashire, with Lancashire as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Ormskirk?
Ashley Dalton (Labour), for West Lancashire. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Ormskirk?
A typical £272,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 257 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Ormskirk?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Turning Point Academy and Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Bede's Catholic High School, Turning Point Academy and Ormskirk School. Source: Department for Education.
Does Ormskirk have a railway station?
Yes: Ormskirk station, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Ormskirk?
Ofcom reports on 556 of the 613 postcodes in Ormskirk. At 492 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Ormskirk at risk of flooding?
34 of the 613 postcodes in Ormskirk 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 68 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Ormskirk?
31 of the 613 postcodes now in use in Ormskirk came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 354 homes sold in Ormskirk were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L39 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

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