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LA1 1WT

Castle · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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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 1LP 41 m
LA1 1LZ 46 m
LA1 1HT 49 m
LA1 1HX 50 m
LA1 1HY 55 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 1WT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2006
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 1
Latitude
54.049296
Longitude
-2.800714
British National Grid easting
347,672
British National Grid northing
461,777

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
E00185590
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 014E · E01033071
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 014 · E02005234

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
23
Secondary
6

  1. Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

    Community school

    366 m

  2. Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

    Academy converter

    432 m

  3. The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Voluntary aided school

    588 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,390
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,546
  • Anti social behaviour 806
  • Criminal damage and arson 373
  • Shoplifting 361
  • Public order 320

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

    298 m

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    342 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

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

  • Bus Station Night Std

    BCS · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 014E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,093 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 366 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,390 published events cover 12 months, averaging 365.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,546 events.

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