LU4 8 postcode sector in the LU4 district

LU4 8 is a sector of the LU4 district: every postcode that starts LU4 8. It has 180 postcodes in use, 6 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 LU4 8 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the LU4 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 180 postcodes in the LU4 8 sector that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 171 were in use before 2020. One group of new postcodes is outlined: 8 new postcodes since 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Luton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A5065M1 LU4 8AA: before 2020LU4 8AD: before 2020LU4 8AG: before 2020LU4 8AH: before 2020LU4 8AJ: before 2020LU4 8AL: before 2020LU4 8AN: before 2020LU4 8AP: before 2020LU4 8AQ: before 2020LU4 8AR: before 2020LU4 8AS: before 2020LU4 8AT: before 2020LU4 8AU: before 2020LU4 8AW: before 2020LU4 8AX: before 2020LU4 8AY: before 2020LU4 8AZ: before 2020LU4 8BA: before 2020LU4 8BB: before 2020LU4 8BD: before 2020LU4 8BE: before 2020LU4 8BG: before 2020LU4 8BH: before 2020LU4 8BJ: before 2020LU4 8BL: before 2020LU4 8BN: before 2020LU4 8BP: before 2020LU4 8BQ: before 2020LU4 8BS: before 2020LU4 8BT: before 2020LU4 8BU: before 2020LU4 8BW: before 2020LU4 8BX: before 2020LU4 8BY: before 2020LU4 8DA: before 2020LU4 8DB: before 2020LU4 8DD: before 2020LU4 8DE: before 2020LU4 8DG: before 2020LU4 8DH: before 2020LU4 8DJ: before 2020LU4 8DL: before 2020LU4 8DN: before 2020LU4 8DP: before 2020LU4 8DR: before 2020LU4 8DS: before 2020LU4 8DT: before 2020LU4 8DY: before 2020LU4 8EA: before 2020LU4 8EB: before 2020LU4 8ED: before 2020LU4 8EE: before 2020LU4 8EF: before 2020LU4 8EG: before 2020LU4 8EH: before 2020LU4 8EJ: before 2020LU4 8EL: before 2020LU4 8EP: before 2020LU4 8ER: before 2020LU4 8ES: before 2020LU4 8ET: before 2020LU4 8EU: before 2020LU4 8EX: before 2020LU4 8EY: before 2020LU4 8EZ: before 2020LU4 8FA: before 2020LU4 8FB: before 2020LU4 8FD: before 2020LU4 8FE: before 2020LU4 8FF: before 2020LU4 8FG: before 2020LU4 8FH: before 2020LU4 8FJ: before 2020LU4 8FL: before 2020LU4 8FN: before 2020LU4 8FW: before 2020LU4 8FZ: before 2020LU4 8HA: before 2020LU4 8HD: before 2020LU4 8HE: before 2020LU4 8HT: before 2020LU4 8HX: before 2020LU4 8HZ: before 2020LU4 8JA: before 2020LU4 8JB: before 2020LU4 8JD: before 2020LU4 8JE: before 2020LU4 8JF: before 2020LU4 8JJ: before 2020LU4 8JL: before 2020LU4 8JN: before 2020LU4 8JP: before 2020LU4 8JS: before 2020LU4 8JT: before 2020LU4 8JU: before 2020LU4 8JW: before 2020LU4 8JX: before 2020LU4 8JY: before 2020LU4 8JZ: before 2020LU4 8LA: before 2020LU4 8LB: before 2020LU4 8LD: before 2020LU4 8LE: before 2020LU4 8LF: before 2020LU4 8LG: before 2020LU4 8LH: before 2020LU4 8LP: before 2020LU4 8LQ: before 2020LU4 8LR: before 2020LU4 8LS: before 2020LU4 8LT: before 2020LU4 8LU: before 2020LU4 8LX: before 2020LU4 8LY: before 2020LU4 8LZ: before 2020LU4 8NA: before 2020LU4 8NB: before 2020LU4 8ND: before 2020LU4 8NE: before 2020LU4 8NF: before 2020LU4 8NG: before 2020LU4 8NH: before 2020LU4 8NP: before 2020LU4 8NQ: before 2020LU4 8NU: before 2020LU4 8PF: before 2020LU4 8PH: before 2020LU4 8PP: before 2020LU4 8PR: before 2020LU4 8PX: before 2020LU4 8PY: before 2020LU4 8PZ: before 2020LU4 8QB: before 2020LU4 8QF: before 2020LU4 8QN: before 2020LU4 8QP: before 2020LU4 8QQ: before 2020LU4 8QR: before 2020LU4 8QS: before 2020LU4 8QT: before 2020LU4 8QU: before 2020LU4 8QW: before 2020LU4 8QX: before 2020LU4 8QY: before 2020LU4 8QZ: before 2020LU4 8RA: before 2020LU4 8RB: before 2020LU4 8RD: before 2020LU4 8RE: before 2020LU4 8RF: before 2020LU4 8RG: before 2020LU4 8RJ: before 2020LU4 8RN: before 2020LU4 8RP: before 2020LU4 8RQ: before 2020LU4 8RR: before 2020LU4 8RT: before 2020LU4 8RU: before 2020LU4 8RX: before 2020LU4 8SA: before 2020LU4 8SE: before 2020LU4 8SF: before 2020LU4 8SG: before 2020LU4 8SH: before 2020LU4 8SJ: before 2020LU4 8SL: before 2020LU4 8SN: before 2020LU4 8SQ: before 2020LU4 8SW: before 2020LU4 8WL: before 2020LU4 8EN: new since 2020LU4 8FP: new since 2020LU4 8FQ: new since 2020LU4 8FR: new since 2020LU4 8FS: new since 2020LU4 8FT: new since 2020LU4 8FU: new since 2020LU4 8FX: new since 2020LU4 8FY: new since 2020 Luton 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined: this goes to LU4 8FR, the newest of them8 new postcodes since 2020 Map of every postcode in the LU4 8 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 180 postcodes in the LU4 8 sector that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 171 were in use before 2020. One group of new postcodes is outlined: 8 new postcodes since 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Luton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M1 Luton 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined: this goes to LU4 8FR, the newest of them8 new postcodes since 2020
  • New since 2020: 9
  • In use before 2020: 171
  • Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 180 postcodes in the LU4 8 sector that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 171 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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

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.

Where the new postcodes lie together

What do homes sell for in LU4 8?

Homes in LU4 8 sold for a typical £282,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 41 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£282,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£275,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £322,500 16 sales
  • Terraced £279,000 18 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £126,000 6 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 LU4 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 LU4 8

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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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