Delph Close Ormskirk, West Lancashire
3 addresses across 2 postcodes (L39), about 110 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 43303538.
4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £610,000 across 1 sale. 2 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, D: 1). 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in West Lancashire costs £2,456 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Aughton Park, about 610 m away in a straight line. About 630 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 96% of households owned their home and 47% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £610,000 | £610,000 | £610,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 |
| 1998 | 2 | £307,500 | £250,000 | £365,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr 2021 | 1 L39 5QF | Detached | £610,000 | |
| 12 Aug 2016 | 2 L39 5QF | Detached | £1,200,000 | |
| 25 Aug 1998 | 1 L39 5QF | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 30 Jan 1998 | 2 L39 5QF | Detached | £365,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 335 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1976-1982 (1); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
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 E (26% of about 530 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: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Garages to the east of Arnian Court, Molyneux Road, Skelmersdale, permissioned (810 m)
- Land to the rear of 69-75 Town Green Lane, Aughton, permissioned (850 m)
- 30A Scarth Hill Lane, Aughton, permissioned (950 m)
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| L39 5QF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| L39 5BH | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L39 5BH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| L39 5QF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Aughton Park 186,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 610 m |
| Town Green 410,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 840 m | |
| Ormskirk 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 18 within 800 m; nearest Moss Delph Lane Aughton Park | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Concourse Skelmersdale | 8.4 km |
| Ferry terminal | Liverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle | 13.7 km |
| Car parks | Morrisons Car Park - Ormskirk | 2.0 km |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 2.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 24.2 km |
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 480 m | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Aughton Town Green Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 550 m | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 900 m | Outstanding (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Bede's Catholic High School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km | Good (Dec 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Moorgate Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 1.9 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 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Orchard View (3); On or near Delph Close (2); On or near Ryder Crescent (1); On or near Ryder Close (1); On or near B5197 (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 96% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 65% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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
Ryder Crescent · Greenwood Close · Ryder Close · Orchard View · Westhaven Crescent · Quarry Green · Quarry Drive · Moss Delph Lane · Dingle Close · Greenbank · Delph Lane · Delph Common Road
All the streets in L39 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.
- Anything about planning applications, noise or air quality yet.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.