LA1 1QW

Castle · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Castle
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 1QL 61 m
LA1 1NW 77 m
LA1 1NX 80 m
LA1 1NL 91 m
LA1 1NS 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 1QW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 1
Latitude
54.050143
Longitude
-2.796392
British National Grid easting
347,956
British National Grid northing
461,868

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Castle · E05014890
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127361
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 014B · E01025094
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 014 · E02005234

Postcode source versions

Explore LA1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
23
Secondary
6
  1. The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Voluntary aided school

    446 m
  2. Lancaster Royal Grammar School

    Academy converter

    525 m
  3. Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

    Community school

    630 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,288
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,520
  • Anti social behaviour 782
  • Criminal damage and arson 374
  • Shoplifting 334
  • Public order 315

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA1 1 residents
6,702

Age bands in LA1 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
7.5%

510 residents

Age 15 to 24
46.4%

3,175 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.8%

1,559 residents

Age 45 to 64
13.8%

941 residents

Age 65 and over
9.6%

656 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    289 m

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    530 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Sainsbury's Layby

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Chapel Street

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles
  • St Leonards Gate

    BCT · Ridge

    0.2 miles
  • Woodville Street

    BCT · Freehold

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 014B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,704 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster is the nearest published school at 446 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,288 published events cover 12 months, averaging 357.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,520 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.