Postcodes in West Lancashire District

Facts Checked By Data Team - Written By Mallika Basu - Reviewed By Jonathan Benton

This article covers information about postcodes in West Lancashire's local authority district. West Lancashire is an administrative area in Lancashire County. West Lancashire district is further divided into 15 Wards.

Below is a complete list of West Lancashire Postcodes, it has 2796 active postcodes. West Lancashire contains approximately 45359 residential properties with a population of about 110636.

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West Lancashire Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview


Population 110636
Addresses / Property Count 45359
Active Postcodes 2796
County Lancashire
No Of Wards in West Lancashire 15

What is a District

The United Kingdom is primarily divided into large area blocks called Counties. A district is an administrative block in the UK and part of a County council area. The district is also the second-largest administrative block in the UK after counties. These are also known as local authority districts and are different from city districts. West Lancashire is a local authority district in Lancashire county. Districts are majorly categorized into 4 types namely:

  • Non-Metropolitan districts
  • Unitary authority areas
  • Metropolitan boroughs
  • London boroughs

Sub Divisions Of a district

Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:

  • Parish
  • Wards
  • Cities

Wards in West Lancashire

There are 15 wards in the district. Below is a list of the wards. You can click on any ward link to view the postcodes of that ward.

Aughton & Holborn Burscough Bridge & Rufford Burscough Town North Meols & Hesketh Bank Old Skelmersdale Ormskirk East Ormskirk West Rural North East Rural South Rural West Skelmersdale North Skelmersdale South Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Tarleton Village Up Holland

View Map Of West Lancashire Wards


This map shows all wards in the district of West Lancashire, zoom to view all the pointers. If you click on any pointer you can see the ward name. Below the ward name, you can see a link called view postcodes. Click on the link to see the postcodes for that ward.

List of West Lancashire postcodes


showing 900-950 of 2796 active postcodes in West Lancashire
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
L40 1US Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.63083600 -2.81761600
L40 1UT Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.63271700 -2.81459800
L40 1UW Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.63329800 -2.81506300
L40 1UX Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.63452700 -2.82452400
L40 1UY Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.63202400 -2.81872800
L40 1XB Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.64210800 -2.82542800
L40 1XD Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.64184800 -2.82655700
L40 1XE Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.64104100 -2.82495300
L40 1XH Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.64083100 -2.82411700
L40 2WS Ormskirk West 53.57117900 -2.87940400
L40 3AB Rural North East 53.61569500 -2.77505700
L40 3SB Rural North East 53.61565000 -2.78331000
L40 3SD Rural North East 53.61041000 -2.77771100
L40 3SG Rural North East 53.61463800 -2.77302800
L40 3SH Rural North East 53.61102000 -2.76820000
L40 3SJ Rural North East 53.61447500 -2.76448300
L40 3SL Rural North East 53.60947000 -2.76141500
L40 3SN Rural North East 53.61649600 -2.75368100
L40 3SP Rural North East 53.62175700 -2.74317700
L40 3SQ Rural North East 53.61525900 -2.77424800
L40 3SR Rural North East 53.61073200 -2.75834000
L40 3SS Rural North East 53.61079500 -2.74978600
L40 3ST Rural North East 53.61482200 -2.74550400
L40 3SZ Rural North East 53.61842600 -2.76962000
L40 3TH Rural North East 53.61553700 -2.77588600
L40 3TQ Rural North East 53.62042200 -2.78066200
L40 3TW Rural North East 53.62236300 -2.73951200
L40 4AA Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60687800 -2.84009600
L40 4AE Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60318600 -2.83860200
L40 4AF Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60083400 -2.83033500
L40 4AG Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60699000 -2.83698500
L40 4AH Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60621100 -2.82750800
L40 4AJ Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60419200 -2.82960000
L40 4AL Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60741000 -2.83867100
L40 4AQ Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60651700 -2.83615800
L40 4AR Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.61077300 -2.83328100
L40 4AS Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.61580000 -2.82520200
L40 4AT Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.62008800 -2.82209400
L40 4AU Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60727100 -2.83800300
L40 4AW Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60659700 -2.84042300
L40 4AX Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60895900 -2.83569400
L40 4AY Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.61199500 -2.82955600
L40 4AZ Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.61533200 -2.82491900
L40 4BA Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.62072900 -2.82048900
L40 4BB Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.61828800 -2.82112200
L40 4BD Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.61377000 -2.83532000
L40 4BE Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59273400 -2.81094300
L40 4BF Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59744200 -2.83093300
L40 4BG Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59733700 -2.80677000
L40 4BH Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59268300 -2.80891600
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