Southport
Southport is covered by postcode districts L37, PR8 and PR9. It is mostly in the Sefton council area: 1,999 of its 2,039 postcodes. The others are in West Lancashire. 40 of its 2,039 postcodes are in Lancashire. ONS lists no county for the other 1,999.
Every postcode in Southport, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 3
- At medium risk at worst: 10
- At low risk at worst: 6
- At very low risk only: 280
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,740
Of the 2,039 postcodes in Southport that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 10 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 280 are at very low risk only and 1,740 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 53.6388, longitude -2.9971. 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.
What is it like to live in Southport?
Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 1,057 of the 1,974 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 58 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 299 of its 2,039 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Southport, 950 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 Southport?
Homes in Southport sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,140 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £225,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £225,000
■ no change on the 12 months before
Across the whole PR8 district, Southport's main postcode district: a typical £236,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Southport: 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 Southport?
64 of the 2,039 postcodes now in use in Southport came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 59 of the 1,517 homes sold in Southport were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR8 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Southport | Across the PR8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 1,140 (Under 1%) | 0 of 668 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 59 of 1,517 (4%) | 34 of 903 (4%) |
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 Southport?
Ofcom reports on 1,974 of the 2,039 postcodes in Southport. At 1,057 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Southport at risk of flooding?
299 of the 2,039 postcodes in Southport 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 58 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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
Which schools are in Southport?
The open schools at the postcodes in Southport (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.
Primary
- Linaker Primary School300 m 359 pupils, 525 places
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School450 m 207 pupils, 210 places
- Birkdale Primary School950 m 430 pupils, 410 places
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport1.2 km 207 pupils, 210 places
- Kew Woods Primary School1.6 km 426 pupils, 450 places
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School1.6 km 188 pupils, 210 places
- Norwood Primary School1.6 km 621 pupils, 630 places
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School2.3 km 447 pupils, 460 places
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 Southport?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Southport is Southport Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.
- Southport Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Birkdale Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Meols Cop Rail Station Railway station 1.6 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 Southport?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Southport, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Cumberland House Surgery450 m
- Christiana Hartley Medical Practice900 m
- St Marks Medical Centre (Tcg Medical)900 m
- Grange Surgery1.0 km
- Kew Surgery1.2 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Southport safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,480 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Southport 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
- 415 September 2025
- 383 October 2025
- 360 November 2025
- 398 December 2025
- 315 January 2026
- 329 February 2026
- 379 March 2026
- 371 April 2026
- 372 May 2026
- 359 June 2026
- 429 July 2026
- 370 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 76, burglary 66, robbery 50, possession of weapons 41, bicycle theft 39, theft from the person 21.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Southport?
- Councils
- Sefton (1,999) and West Lancashire (40)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Southport (1,733), Sefton Central (271) and West Lancashire (35)
- Police force areas
- Merseyside (1,999) and Lancashire (40)
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Southport
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Southport
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Southport postcodes
2,039 postcodes in use in Southport, by district:
Those districts are in the PR postcode area and L postcode area.
Check a Southport 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 Southport
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Southport's £225,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Southport
- What is it like to live in Southport?
- Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 1,057 of the 1,974 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 58 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 299 of its 2,039 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Southport, 950 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 Southport?
- Southport is covered by postcode districts L37, PR8 and PR9, across 2,039 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Southport?
- Homes in Southport sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,140 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Southport?
- In Southport, primary schools at its postcodes include Linaker Primary School, St Philip's Church of England Primary School and Birkdale Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Educ8 Southport, Meols Cop High School and Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Southport have a railway station?
- Yes: Southport is 950 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Southport, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Southport?
- Ofcom reports on 1,974 of the 2,039 postcodes in Southport. At 1,057 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Southport at risk of flooding?
- 299 of the 2,039 postcodes in Southport 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 58 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Southport?
- 64 of the 2,039 postcodes now in use in Southport came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 59 of the 1,517 homes sold in Southport were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR8 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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