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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the L40 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 51 postcodes in the L40 8 sector that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 49 were in use before 2020. 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: before 2020L40 8AD: before 2020L40 8HA: before 2020L40 8HB: before 2020L40 8HD: before 2020L40 8HE: before 2020L40 8HF: before 2020L40 8HG: before 2020L40 8HH: before 2020L40 8HJ: before 2020L40 8HL: before 2020L40 8HN: before 2020L40 8HP: before 2020L40 8HQ: before 2020L40 8HR: before 2020L40 8HS: before 2020L40 8HT: before 2020L40 8HU: before 2020L40 8HW: before 2020L40 8HX: before 2020L40 8HY: before 2020L40 8HZ: before 2020L40 8JA: before 2020L40 8JB: before 2020L40 8JD: before 2020L40 8JE: before 2020L40 8JF: before 2020L40 8JG: before 2020L40 8JH: before 2020L40 8JJ: before 2020L40 8JL: before 2020L40 8JN: before 2020L40 8JQ: before 2020L40 8JR: before 2020L40 8JS: before 2020L40 8JT: before 2020L40 8JU: before 2020L40 8JW: before 2020L40 8JX: before 2020L40 8JY: before 2020L40 8LA: before 2020L40 8LB: before 2020L40 8LD: before 2020L40 8LG: before 2020L40 8LT: before 2020L40 8RT: before 2020L40 8TF: before 2020L40 8TG: before 2020L40 8AF: new since 2020L40 8AH: new since 2020 Rural WestBurscough Bridge & Rufford Map of every postcode in the L40 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 51 postcodes in the L40 8 sector that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 49 were in use before 2020. 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
  • New since 2020: 2
  • In use before 2020: 49

Of the 51 postcodes in the L40 8 sector that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 49 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. 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; 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 2 newest postcodes

L40 8AHDecember 2021L40 8AFAugust 2020

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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