The UK Postcode Database

L40 9QW

a terminated large user postcode in Lancashire

Introduced in January 1980, terminated in May 1994
L40 9QW Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6217 / 53°37'18"N

Longitude: -2.9162 / 2°54'58"W

UTM Reference: 30U 505546 5941441

OS Easting: 339500

OS Northing: 414300

OS Grid: SD395143

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 8V2K.GF

Mapcode Global: WH869.57MB

Open Location Code: 9C5VJ3CM+MG

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83no09

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: F1

  • rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
  • a rural hamlet or isolated dwellings in populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2b1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Rural Amenity
  • Ageing Rural Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 17444 / 32844

  • 6th decile
  • slightly less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for L40 9QW on Thursday 4 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:29
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:54
Sunrise 04:45
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:10
Sunset 21:34
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:25
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:50
Hours of daylight today04:15 to 22:04
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:04 to 04:15
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 06:53
Moon Rises 23:59

For a full sun and moon calendar for L40 9QW, go to The Time and Place

Elected Representatives for L40 9QW

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

West Lancashire

MP

Ashley Dalton Labour

Lancashire County Council
County council electoral division

Burscough & Rufford

Councillor

Rick Edwards Reform UK

West Lancashire Borough Council
District council ward

Rural West

Councillors

Alexander Blundell Conservative

Jane Marshall Conservative

Marilyn Westley Conservative

L40 9QW also falls within the Civil Parish of Scarisbrick, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for L40 9QW

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00129474 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01025514 West Lancashire 003C Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02005306 West Lancashire 003 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04005314 Scarisbrick Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05014938 Rural West Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 4 May 2023 DLUHC
E07000127 West Lancashire Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000017 Lancashire Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000002 North West Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001577 West Lancashire Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000003 Lancashire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000233 Liverpool Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33008745 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000019 Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 13 April 2011 BEIS
E38000200 NHS West Lancashire CCG Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2016 ODS
E40000010 North West NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E54000048 NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E56000018 Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliances Health 14 February 2017 NHS England
E58000760 Burscough & Rufford ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 4 May 2017 DLUHC
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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