L40 5 postcode sector in the L40 district

L40 5 is a sector of the L40 district: every postcode that starts L40 5. It has 88 postcodes in use, 2 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the L40 5 sector, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in the L40 5 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 88 postcodes in the L40 5 sector that ONS places, 1 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 19 have some that can, 67 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure. Places named: Burscough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A59 L40 5XN: no Ofcom figureL40 5AA: gigabit for allL40 5BD: gigabit for allL40 5BE: gigabit for allL40 5BF: gigabit for allL40 5BG: gigabit for allL40 5BJ: gigabit for allL40 5BL: gigabit for allL40 5BN: gigabit for allL40 5BP: gigabit for allL40 5BQ: gigabit for allL40 5BR: gigabit for allL40 5BT: gigabit for allL40 5BU: gigabit for allL40 5BW: gigabit for allL40 5BX: gigabit for allL40 5RS: gigabit for allL40 5SA: gigabit for allL40 5SB: gigabit for allL40 5SD: gigabit for allL40 5SE: gigabit for allL40 5SF: gigabit for allL40 5SG: gigabit for allL40 5SH: gigabit for allL40 5SJ: gigabit for allL40 5SL: gigabit for allL40 5SP: gigabit for allL40 5SQ: gigabit for allL40 5SR: gigabit for allL40 5SS: gigabit for allL40 5ST: gigabit for allL40 5SU: gigabit for allL40 5SX: gigabit for allL40 5SY: gigabit for allL40 5SZ: gigabit for allL40 5TA: gigabit for allL40 5TB: gigabit for allL40 5TD: gigabit for allL40 5TF: gigabit for allL40 5TG: gigabit for allL40 5TH: gigabit for allL40 5TL: gigabit for allL40 5TP: gigabit for allL40 5TS: gigabit for allL40 5TW: gigabit for allL40 5UB: gigabit for allL40 5UE: gigabit for allL40 5UF: gigabit for allL40 5UH: gigabit for allL40 5UQ: gigabit for allL40 5UR: gigabit for allL40 5UT: gigabit for allL40 5UU: gigabit for allL40 5UW: gigabit for allL40 5UY: gigabit for allL40 5UZ: gigabit for allL40 5WD: gigabit for allL40 5XD: gigabit for allL40 5XF: gigabit for allL40 5XH: gigabit for allL40 5XS: gigabit for allL40 5XT: gigabit for allL40 5XU: gigabit for allL40 5XW: gigabit for allL40 5XX: gigabit for allL40 5XY: gigabit for allL40 5YF: gigabit for allL40 5RZ: some gigabitL40 5SN: some gigabitL40 5SW: some gigabitL40 5TE: some gigabitL40 5TJ: some gigabitL40 5TN: some gigabitL40 5TR: some gigabitL40 5TT: some gigabitL40 5TU: some gigabitL40 5TX: some gigabitL40 5TY: some gigabitL40 5UA: some gigabitL40 5UG: some gigabitL40 5UJ: some gigabitL40 5UL: some gigabitL40 5UN: some gigabitL40 5UP: some gigabitL40 5UX: some gigabitL40 5XE: some gigabitL40 5UD: no gigabit Burscough Map of every postcode in the L40 5 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 88 postcodes in the L40 5 sector that ONS places, 1 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 19 have some that can, 67 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure. Places named: Burscough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A59 Burscough
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 1
  • Some can get gigabit: 19
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 67
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 1

Of the 88 postcodes in the L40 5 sector that ONS places, 1 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 19 have some that can, 67 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure.

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 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.

Postcodes without gigabit

What do homes sell for in L40 5?

Homes in L40 5 sold for a typical £243,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 34 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £232,500 from 65 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£243,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£232,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £390,000 7 sales
  • Semi-detached £246,500 16 sales
  • Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette £143,100 8 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start L40 5. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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