Postcodes in West Lancashire District

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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 1050-1100 of 2796 active postcodes in West Lancashire
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
L40 5XH Burscough Town 53.59438200 -2.83913800
L40 5XS Burscough Town 53.59815500 -2.83815500
L40 5XT Burscough Town 53.59731000 -2.83818300
L40 5XU Burscough Town 53.59691400 -2.83698200
L40 5XW Burscough Town 53.59868800 -2.84158000
L40 5XX Burscough Town 53.59754900 -2.83611800
L40 5XY Burscough Town 53.59685500 -2.83519800
L40 5YF Burscough Town 53.59323200 -2.83648600
L40 6AB Rural South 53.56424000 -2.84829300
L40 6AD Rural South 53.56397200 -2.84807600
L40 6GA Rural South 53.56178900 -2.84028700
L40 6HA Rural South 53.55797300 -2.86257100
L40 6HB Rural South 53.55798500 -2.86095600
L40 6HD Rural South 53.55453900 -2.86236300
L40 6HE Rural South 53.55700800 -2.86061900
L40 6HF Rural South 53.55523700 -2.83905700
L40 6HG Rural South 53.55930700 -2.85679900
L40 6HH Rural South 53.55769100 -2.85906100
L40 6HJ Rural South 53.55819900 -2.85990300
L40 6HL Rural South 53.56214900 -2.84399400
L40 6HN Rural South 53.56206500 -2.84468800
L40 6HP Rural South 53.56229300 -2.84039000
L40 6HQ Rural South 53.55930300 -2.86142000
L40 6HR Rural South 53.56343800 -2.84367300
L40 6HS Rural South 53.56225900 -2.84523500
L40 6HT Rural South 53.56444200 -2.84665300
L40 6HU Rural South 53.56473000 -2.84785100
L40 6HW Rural South 53.55718800 -2.84673400
L40 6HX Ormskirk East 53.56711600 -2.86332900
L40 6HY Rural South 53.56344700 -2.84475900
L40 6HZ Rural South 53.56313400 -2.84480000
L40 6JA Rural South 53.56228100 -2.84084200
L40 6JB Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.56884500 -2.82469300
L40 6JD Rural South 53.56358100 -2.84988000
L40 6JE Rural South 53.56346000 -2.85335200
L40 6JF Rural South 53.56395000 -2.85115600
L40 6JG Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.56515600 -2.82297700
L40 6JH Rural South 53.56640200 -2.79681900
L40 6JJ Skelmersdale North 53.56887000 -2.78640100
L40 6JL Rural South 53.56116000 -2.83016100
L40 6JN Rural South 53.55932400 -2.83540800
L40 6JP Rural South 53.55305100 -2.86337600
L40 6JQ Rural South 53.56385900 -2.81019400
L40 6JR Rural South 53.56398600 -2.84501300
L40 6JS Rural South 53.56300100 -2.84167000
L40 6JT Rural South 53.56592800 -2.83350100
L40 6JU Rural South 53.55875200 -2.86054900
L40 6JW Rural South 53.55545200 -2.83414000
L40 6JX Rural South 53.54891600 -2.83401000
L40 6JZ Rural South 53.55682700 -2.83508700
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