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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=L}}
The '''L postcode area''', also known as the '''Liverpool postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of [[Postcodes in the United Kingdom|postcode]] districts in [[North West England]]. Together they cover central and southern [[Merseyside]], southern [[West Lancashire]], and a small part of north-west [[Cheshire]]. Its four [[post town]]s are [[Bootle]], [[Liverpool]], [[Ormskirk]], and [[Prescot]].

In 1999 the L postcodes on the [[Wirral Peninsula]] (L41 to L49 and L60 to L66) were transferred to the [[CH postcode area]].<ref>{{cite news|date=18 March 1999 |title=Why we are changing postcodes - Royal Mail |url=http://archive.wirralglobe.co.uk/1999/3/18/15609.html |newspaper=Wirral Globe |access-date=7 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207104947/http://archive.wirralglobe.co.uk/1999/3/18/15609.html |archive-date=7 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Mail for the L postcode area is processed at Warrington Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[CW postcode area|CW]], [[WA postcode area|WA]] and [[WN postcode area|WN]] postcode areas.

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

{{postcode area table start}}
|-
! L1
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Liverpool city centre|City centre]]
| [[Liverpool]]
|-
! L2
| LIVERPOOL
| City centre
| Liverpool
|-
! L3
| LIVERPOOL
| City centre, [[Everton, Liverpool|Everton]], [[Vauxhall, Liverpool|Vauxhall]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L4
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Anfield (suburb)|Anfield]], [[Kirkdale, Liverpool|Kirkdale]], [[Walton, Liverpool|Walton]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L5
| LIVERPOOL
| Anfield, Everton, Kirkdale, Vauxhall
| Liverpool
|-
! L6
| LIVERPOOL
| Anfield, city centre, Everton, [[Fairfield, Liverpool|Fairfield]], [[Kensington, Liverpool|Kensington]], [[Tuebrook]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L7
| LIVERPOOL
| City centre, [[Edge Hill, Liverpool|Edge Hill]], [[Wavertree]], Fairfield, Kensington
| Liverpool
|-
! L8
| LIVERPOOL

| City centre, [[Dingle, Liverpool|Dingle]], [[Toxteth]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L9
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Aintree]], [[Fazakerley]], [[Orrell Park]], Walton
| Liverpool, [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton]]
|-
! L10
| LIVERPOOL
| Aintree, Fazakerley, [[Kirkby]]
| Sefton, Liverpool, [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley]]
|-
! L11
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Clubmoor]], [[Croxteth]], [[Gillmoss]], [[Norris Green]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L12
| LIVERPOOL
| Croxteth, [[West Derby]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L13
| LIVERPOOL
| Clubmoor, [[Old Swan]], [[Stoneycroft]], Tuebrook
| Liverpool
|-
! L14
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Broadgreen]], [[Dovecot, Liverpool|Dovecot]], [[Knotty Ash]], [[Page Moss]]
| Liverpool, Knowsley
|-
! L15
| LIVERPOOL
| Wavertree
| Liverpool
|-
! L16
| LIVERPOOL
| Broadgreen, [[Bowring Park, Merseyside|Bowring Park]], [[Childwall]]
| Liverpool, Knowsley
|-
! L17
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Aigburth]], [[St Michael's Hamlet]], [[Sefton Park (district)|Sefton Park]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L18
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Allerton, Liverpool|Allerton]], [[Mossley Hill]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L19
| LIVERPOOL
| Aigburth, [[Garston, Liverpool|Garston]], [[Grassendale]]
| Liverpool
|-
! rowspan="2"|L20
| BOOTLE
| [[Bootle]], [[Orrell, Merseyside|Orrell]]
| Sefton
|-
| LIVERPOOL
| Kirkdale
| Liverpool
|-
! L21
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Ford, Merseyside|Ford]], [[Litherland]], [[Seaforth, Merseyside|Seaforth]]
| Sefton
|-
! L22
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Waterloo, Merseyside|Waterloo]]
| Sefton
|-
! L23
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Blundellsands]], [[Brighton-le-Sands, Merseyside|Brighton-le-Sands]], [[Crosby, Merseyside|Crosby]], [[Little Crosby]], [[Thornton, Merseyside|Thornton]]
| Sefton
|-
! L24
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Hale, Halton|Hale]], [[Speke]]
| [[Borough of Halton|Halton]], Liverpool
|-
! L25
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Belle Vale, Liverpool|Belle Vale]], [[Gateacre]], [[Halewood]], [[Hunts Cross]], [[Woolton]]
| Liverpool, Knowsley
|-
! L26
| LIVERPOOL
| Halewood
| Liverpool, Knowsley
|-
! L27
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Netherley, Liverpool|Netherley]]
| Liverpool
|-
! L28
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Stockbridge Village]]
| Liverpool, Knowsley
|-
! L29
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Lunt]], [[Sefton, Merseyside|Sefton]]
| Sefton
|-
! L30
| BOOTLE
| Bootle, [[Netherton, Merseyside|Netherton]]
| Sefton
|-
! L31
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Lydiate]], [[Maghull]], [[Melling, Merseyside|Melling]], [[Waddicar]]
| Sefton
|-
! L32
| LIVERPOOL
| Kirkby
| Knowsley
|-
! L33
| LIVERPOOL
| Kirkby
| Knowsley
|-
! L34
| PRESCOT
| Knowsley, [[Prescot]]
| Knowsley
|-
! L35
| PRESCOT
| Prescot, [[Rainhill]], [[Whiston, Merseyside|Whiston]]
| Knowsley
|-
! L36
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Huyton]], [[Roby, Merseyside|Roby]], [[Tarbock]]
| Knowsley
|-
! L37
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Formby]], [[Great Altcar]], [[Little Altcar]]
| Sefton, [[West Lancashire]]
|-
! L38
| LIVERPOOL
| [[Hightown, Merseyside|Hightown]], [[Ince Blundell]]
| Sefton, West Lancashire
|-
! L39
| ORMSKIRK
| [[Aughton, Lancashire|Aughton]], [[Ormskirk]]
| West Lancashire
|-
! L40
| ORMSKIRK
| [[Burscough]], [[Holmeswood]], [[Mawdesley]], [[Scarisbrick]], [[Rufford, Lancashire|Rufford]]
| West Lancashire, [[Borough of Chorley|Chorley]]
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L67
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[Littlewoods|Littlewoods Pools]]<ref name="nongeo1207">{{Cite web|url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |format=PDF |title=Non Geographic Codes |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=July 2012 |access-date=25 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 }}</ref>
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''[[Non-geographic postcodes|non-geographic]]''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L68
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[Ladbrokes Coral|Vernons Pools]]<ref name="nongeo1207" />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L69
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|PO boxes in central Liverpool, government departments in Liverpool and Bootle, the [[University of Liverpool]]<ref name="nongeo1207" />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L70
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Seasonal response mail<ref name="nongeo1207" />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L71
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[American Express]]<ref name="nongeo1207" />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L72
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[Shop Direct]]<ref name="nongeo1207" />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L73
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[BT Group]], large Selectapost users<ref name="nongeo1207" />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L74
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[HM Revenue and Customs]] (Customs and Excise)<ref name="nongeo1207" />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L75
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LIVERPOOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|HM Revenue and Customs (Inland Revenue)<ref name="nongeo1207" />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|L80
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BOOTLE
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''<ref name="pu54">{{Cite web |url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/themes/amu/paf_downloads/updates/PU54_%20Localities_NewSectors.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816004926/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/themes/amu/paf_downloads/updates/PU54_%20Localities_NewSectors.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-16 |format=PDF |title=Postcode Update 54 |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=March 2012 |access-date=25 September 2012 }}</ref>
|}

==Map==
{{Attached KML|display=inline}}
{{Postcode area imagemap|map=L postcode area|size=385x550px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]
*[http://www.liverpoolstreetgallery.com Photographing Every Street in the Liverpool Postal Area]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Liverpool]]
[[Category:Liverpool Urban Area]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering North West England]]
[[Category:Borough of West Lancashire]]

L postcode area - Revision history

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