L40 8 postcode sector in the L40 district

L40 8 is a sector of the L40 district: every postcode that starts L40 8. It has 51 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. 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 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the L40 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 51 postcodes in the L40 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 47 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Rural West, Burscough Bridge & Rufford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A570A59 L40 8AB: not on the flood risk listL40 8AD: not on the flood risk listL40 8AF: not on the flood risk listL40 8AH: not on the flood risk listL40 8HA: not on the flood risk listL40 8HD: not on the flood risk listL40 8HE: not on the flood risk listL40 8HF: not on the flood risk listL40 8HG: not on the flood risk listL40 8HL: not on the flood risk listL40 8HN: not on the flood risk listL40 8HP: not on the flood risk listL40 8HQ: not on the flood risk listL40 8HR: not on the flood risk listL40 8HS: not on the flood risk listL40 8HT: not on the flood risk listL40 8HU: not on the flood risk listL40 8HX: not on the flood risk listL40 8HY: not on the flood risk listL40 8HZ: not on the flood risk listL40 8JA: not on the flood risk listL40 8JB: not on the flood risk listL40 8JD: not on the flood risk listL40 8JE: not on the flood risk listL40 8JF: not on the flood risk listL40 8JG: not on the flood risk listL40 8JH: not on the flood risk listL40 8JJ: not on the flood risk listL40 8JL: not on the flood risk listL40 8JN: not on the flood risk listL40 8JQ: 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 8LG: 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 8HH: low flood risk at worstL40 8HJ: low flood risk at worstL40 8HW: low flood risk at worstL40 8HB: medium flood risk at worst Rural WestBurscough Bridge & Rufford Map of every postcode in the L40 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 51 postcodes in the L40 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 47 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Rural West, Burscough Bridge & Rufford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A59 Rural WestBurscough Bridge & Rufford
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 47

Of the 51 postcodes in the L40 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 47 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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

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 medium risk at worst

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

L40 8HB1 at medium risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

L40 8WZ

What do homes sell for in L40 8?

Homes in L40 8 sold for a typical £430,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 8 sales, up 111% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£430,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£203,750 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 111% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced 1 sale, too few to price

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start L40 8. 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 8

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L40 8ABL40 8ADL40 8AFL40 8AHL40 8HAL40 8HBL40 8HDL40 8HEL40 8HFL40 8HGL40 8HHL40 8HJL40 8HLL40 8HNL40 8HPL40 8HQL40 8HRL40 8HSL40 8HTL40 8HUL40 8HWL40 8HXL40 8HYL40 8HZL40 8JAL40 8JBL40 8JDL40 8JEL40 8JFL40 8JGL40 8JHL40 8JJL40 8JLL40 8JNL40 8JQL40 8JRL40 8JSL40 8JTL40 8JUL40 8JWL40 8JXL40 8JYL40 8LAL40 8LBL40 8LDL40 8LGL40 8LTL40 8RTL40 8TFL40 8TGL40 8WZ

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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