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 1200-1250 of 2796 active postcodes in West Lancashire
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
L40 7UR Burscough Town 53.58983900 -2.86238900
L40 7UU Burscough Town 53.60185900 -2.85208600
L40 7UW Burscough Town 53.60061700 -2.84970300
L40 7UX Burscough Town 53.60190400 -2.85335600
L40 7UY Burscough Town 53.60230400 -2.85269900
L40 7UZ Burscough Town 53.60174500 -2.85173600
L40 7XA Burscough Town 53.59207500 -2.85016600
L40 7XB Burscough Town 53.59485200 -2.84011400
L40 7XG Burscough Town 53.59213300 -2.84581600
L40 8AB Burscough Town 53.58965800 -2.86481600
L40 8AD Burscough Town 53.58777300 -2.86323700
L40 8AF Burscough Town 53.59181500 -2.85975400
L40 8AH Burscough Town 53.59583400 -2.86087800
L40 8HA Rural West 53.58414100 -2.91292000
L40 8HB Rural West 53.58874500 -2.90465200
L40 8HD Rural West 53.58773100 -2.91854300
L40 8HE Ormskirk West 53.58205100 -2.90048900
L40 8HF Rural West 53.58850100 -2.91552400
L40 8HG Rural West 53.59568100 -2.92250700
L40 8HH Rural West 53.59654800 -2.91403600
L40 8HJ Rural West 53.59681300 -2.90967300
L40 8HL Rural West 53.59729400 -2.90216000
L40 8HN Rural West 53.59645700 -2.90439200
L40 8HP Rural West 53.59754100 -2.90042700
L40 8HQ Rural West 53.59841200 -2.92619300
L40 8HR Rural West 53.59536600 -2.92513100
L40 8HS Rural West 53.59642600 -2.90375700
L40 8HT Ormskirk West 53.58088500 -2.89087500
L40 8HU Ormskirk West 53.58447000 -2.89555600
L40 8HW Rural West 53.59627600 -2.91191400
L40 8HX Rural West 53.59116700 -2.88705500
L40 8HY Ormskirk West 53.58356100 -2.89120300
L40 8HZ Rural West 53.58897200 -2.89603000
L40 8JA Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60492400 -2.86460100
L40 8JB Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60276100 -2.86509900
L40 8JD Rural West 53.59512900 -2.90791600
L40 8JE Rural West 53.59328600 -2.90326800
L40 8JF Rural West 53.59191900 -2.89252700
L40 8JG Rural West 53.59885500 -2.90136200
L40 8JH Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60337500 -2.88466800
L40 8JJ Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59623600 -2.88004700
L40 8JL Rural West 53.57942400 -2.91999500
L40 8JN Rural West 53.60251100 -2.90260200
L40 8JQ Rural West 53.59569600 -2.89446400
L40 8JR Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60197800 -2.86523400
L40 8JS Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60061200 -2.86762400
L40 8JT Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59852200 -2.86833700
L40 8JU Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60045300 -2.86607900
L40 8JW Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60041100 -2.86437100
L40 8JX Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60578600 -2.86351500
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