Bewcastle Drive Ormskirk, West Lancashire
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (L40), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 43300084.
3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £499,950 across 1 sale. 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in West Lancashire costs £2,456 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 85% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Ormskirk, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 270 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 72 to 74 m above sea level. 1 of its 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Parkgate Surgery, about 1.6 km away. About 130 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 52% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £499,950 | £499,950 | £499,950 |
| 1998 | 1 | £162,000 | £162,000 | £162,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2021 | 5 L40 6HB | Other | £26,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Oct 2017 | 6 L40 6HB | Detached | £499,950 | |
| 30 Jan 1998 | 3 L40 6HB | Detached | £162,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 191 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1976-1982 (1); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in West Lancashire in 2026-27: Band D £2,456 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,910 | £2,183 | £2,456 | £3,002 | £3,548 | £4,094 | £4,912 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (31% of about 700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, West Lancashire.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 72 m and 74 m above sea level (72 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L40 6HA | 100% | 85% | 85% | 0% |
| L40 6HB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ormskirk 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km |
| Aughton Park 186,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km | |
| Town Green 410,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Scarth Hill Lane | 550 m |
| Bus or coach station | Concourse Skelmersdale | 5.9 km |
| Car parks | Morrisons Car Park - Ormskirk | 2.0 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 1.9 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 24.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Parkgate Surgery | 1.6 km |
| Pharmacies | Aspire Pharmacy | 1.8 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest West Lancashire Health Centre | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Ormskirk And District General Hospital | 1.0 km |
| Police station | Lancashire Constabulary | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 3.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8.0 ha | 270 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 920 m² | 1.3 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.3 ha | 1.3 km |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,280 m² | 650 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 8.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cross Hall moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km north. 4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Hall moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ruff Wood | Wood | 410 m north-west |
| Smithy Wood | Wood | 1.4 km north |
| Alcocks Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km south-east |
| Postillion Cap | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km north-east |
| Goose Island | Island | 3.5 km north-east |
| Lowry Hill | Hill | 4.6 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 7 |
1 of the street's 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormskirk School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.0 km | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Ormskirk Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km | No published inspection |
| Moorgate Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 1.8 km | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Other theft | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near St James Close (2); On or near Wellfield Lane (2); On or near Vicarage Lane (1); On or near Varlian Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 63 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 48% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 65% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 2% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 46% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 39% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 52% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Whiteleys Lane · St James Close · Vicarage Close · Varlian Close · Wellfield Lane · Ruff Lane
All the streets in L40 and across West Lancashire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.