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 1250-1300 of 2796 active postcodes in West Lancashire
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
L40 8JY Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59838900 -2.86310600
L40 8LA Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59702400 -2.86418100
L40 8LB Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.59727100 -2.86639300
L40 8LD Burscough Town 53.59265200 -2.86347200
L40 8LG Rural West 53.59888800 -2.92526800
L40 8LT Burscough Town 53.59359800 -2.86060600
L40 8RT Burscough Town 53.59191700 -2.86341300
L40 8TF Burscough Town 53.59327400 -2.86347100
L40 8TG Burscough Town 53.59091200 -2.86445000
L40 8WE Ormskirk West 53.57117900 -2.87940400
L40 8WZ Ormskirk West 53.57116300 -2.87940500
L40 8YX Ormskirk West 53.57117900 -2.87940400
L40 9AA Rural West 53.62380400 -2.91572700
L40 9AB Rural West 53.60641500 -2.93508900
L40 9AD Rural West 53.61264100 -2.92145600
L40 9PZ Rural West 53.61288200 -2.91612700
L40 9QA Rural West 53.61314600 -2.91690300
L40 9QB Rural West 53.61194600 -2.91739100
L40 9QD Rural West 53.60728800 -2.90823700
L40 9QE Rural West 53.61228200 -2.91934900
L40 9QF Rural West 53.60885600 -2.91602400
L40 9QG Rural West 53.61305700 -2.92615200
L40 9QH Rural West 53.61124000 -2.93318700
L40 9QJ Rural West 53.61310200 -2.92492900
L40 9QL Rural West 53.61416200 -2.92965300
L40 9QN Rural West 53.62292600 -2.91537600
L40 9QQ Rural West 53.61059200 -2.93542300
L40 9QR Rural West 53.61955800 -2.91849300
L40 9QS Rural West 53.62015000 -2.91891500
L40 9QT Rural West 53.61364100 -2.92377700
L40 9QX Rural West 53.61455200 -2.92458300
L40 9QY Rural West 53.62129900 -2.91561400
L40 9QZ Rural West 53.61709100 -2.90037500
L40 9RA Rural West 53.60511700 -2.89912100
L40 9RB Rural West 53.62068800 -2.91448200
L40 9RD Rural West 53.61497000 -2.90253500
L40 9RE Rural West 53.61500000 -2.94063000
L40 9RF Rural West 53.61247200 -2.93889700
L40 9RG Rural West 53.60838300 -2.92926800
L40 9RH Rural West 53.60294000 -2.93001000
L40 9RJ Rural West 53.62247300 -2.91963100
L40 9RL Burscough Bridge & Rufford 53.60696100 -2.89201300
L40 9RN Rural West 53.60749700 -2.93917900
L40 9RP Rural West 53.60046000 -2.93934100
L40 9RQ Rural West 53.60638300 -2.92082200
L40 9RR Rural West 53.61107600 -2.93898600
L40 9RS Rural West 53.61397100 -2.94709300
L40 9RT Rural West 53.61336800 -2.94812200
L40 9RU Rural West 53.60529000 -2.93429500
L40 9RX Rural West 53.62321200 -2.91473300
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