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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the L40 5 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 88 postcodes in the L40 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 87 were in use before 2020. Places named: Burscough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A59 L40 5AA: before 2020L40 5BD: before 2020L40 5BE: before 2020L40 5BF: before 2020L40 5BG: before 2020L40 5BJ: before 2020L40 5BL: before 2020L40 5BN: before 2020L40 5BP: before 2020L40 5BQ: before 2020L40 5BR: before 2020L40 5BT: before 2020L40 5BU: before 2020L40 5BW: before 2020L40 5BX: before 2020L40 5RS: before 2020L40 5RZ: before 2020L40 5SA: before 2020L40 5SB: before 2020L40 5SD: before 2020L40 5SE: before 2020L40 5SF: before 2020L40 5SG: before 2020L40 5SH: before 2020L40 5SJ: before 2020L40 5SL: before 2020L40 5SN: before 2020L40 5SP: before 2020L40 5SQ: before 2020L40 5SR: before 2020L40 5SS: before 2020L40 5ST: before 2020L40 5SU: before 2020L40 5SW: before 2020L40 5SX: before 2020L40 5SY: before 2020L40 5SZ: before 2020L40 5TA: before 2020L40 5TB: before 2020L40 5TD: before 2020L40 5TE: before 2020L40 5TF: before 2020L40 5TG: before 2020L40 5TH: before 2020L40 5TJ: before 2020L40 5TL: before 2020L40 5TN: before 2020L40 5TP: before 2020L40 5TR: before 2020L40 5TS: before 2020L40 5TT: before 2020L40 5TU: before 2020L40 5TW: before 2020L40 5TX: before 2020L40 5TY: before 2020L40 5UA: before 2020L40 5UB: before 2020L40 5UD: before 2020L40 5UE: before 2020L40 5UF: before 2020L40 5UG: before 2020L40 5UH: before 2020L40 5UJ: before 2020L40 5UL: before 2020L40 5UN: before 2020L40 5UP: before 2020L40 5UQ: before 2020L40 5UR: before 2020L40 5UT: before 2020L40 5UU: before 2020L40 5UW: before 2020L40 5UX: before 2020L40 5UY: before 2020L40 5UZ: before 2020L40 5WD: before 2020L40 5XD: before 2020L40 5XE: before 2020L40 5XF: before 2020L40 5XH: before 2020L40 5XS: before 2020L40 5XT: before 2020L40 5XU: before 2020L40 5XW: before 2020L40 5XX: before 2020L40 5XY: before 2020L40 5YF: before 2020L40 5XN: new since 2020 Burscough Map of every postcode in the L40 5 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 88 postcodes in the L40 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 87 were in use before 2020. Places named: Burscough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A59 Burscough
  • New since 2020: 1
  • In use before 2020: 87

Of the 88 postcodes in the L40 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 87 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 newest postcode

L40 5XNDecember 2025

What do homes sell for in L40 5?

Homes in L40 5 sold for a typical £241,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 40 sales, up 5.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£241,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£228,750 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £390,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £242,000 17 sales
  • Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette £161,000 10 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 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 5

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L40 5AAL40 5BDL40 5BEL40 5BFL40 5BGL40 5BJL40 5BLL40 5BNL40 5BPL40 5BQL40 5BRL40 5BSL40 5BTL40 5BUL40 5BWL40 5BXL40 5RSL40 5RZL40 5SAL40 5SBL40 5SDL40 5SEL40 5SFL40 5SGL40 5SHL40 5SJL40 5SLL40 5SNL40 5SPL40 5SQL40 5SRL40 5SSL40 5STL40 5SUL40 5SWL40 5SXL40 5SYL40 5SZL40 5TAL40 5TBL40 5TDL40 5TEL40 5TFL40 5TGL40 5THL40 5TJL40 5TLL40 5TNL40 5TPL40 5TRL40 5TSL40 5TTL40 5TUL40 5TWL40 5TXL40 5TYL40 5UAL40 5UBL40 5UDL40 5UEL40 5UFL40 5UGL40 5UHL40 5UJL40 5ULL40 5UNL40 5UPL40 5UQL40 5URL40 5UTL40 5UUL40 5UWL40 5UXL40 5UYL40 5UZL40 5WDL40 5XDL40 5XEL40 5XFL40 5XHL40 5XNL40 5XSL40 5XTL40 5XUL40 5XWL40 5XXL40 5XYL40 5YF

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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