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LA1 2LE

Skerton · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Ward
Skerton
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 2JJ 35 m
LA1 2JH 81 m
LA1 2HY 95 m
LA1 2JA 116 m
LA1 2JG 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 2LE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 2
Latitude
54.063911
Longitude
-2.801973
British National Grid easting
347,608
British National Grid northing
463,404

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Skerton · E05014905
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127663
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 011A · E01025149
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 011 · E02005231

Postcode source versions

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Craven Court, Lancaster, LA1 2LE 15 February 2022 £469,760
2, Craven Court, Lancaster, LA1 2LE 15 September 2021 £350,000
2, Craven Court, Lancaster, LA1 2LE 3 January 2019 £260,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
23
Secondary
6

  1. Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    79 m

  2. St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Academy sponsor led

    456 m

  3. Beaumont College - A Salutem/Ambito College

    Special post 16 institution

    475 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,707
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,037
  • Anti social behaviour 466
  • Criminal damage and arson 285
  • Public order 166
  • Other theft 151

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA1 2 residents
11,611

Age bands in LA1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.5%

2,258 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.9%

1,492 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

3,121 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,982 residents

Age 65 and over
14.8%

1,705 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    1.8 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    2.0 km

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

  • Beaumont Street

    BCT · Skerton

    0.1 miles

  • Vale Road

    BCT · Skerton

    0.1 miles

  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Skerton

    0.1 miles

  • Oxford Street

    BCT · Skerton

    0.2 miles

  • Bolton Avenue

    BCT · Beaumont

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 011A, 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

11,524 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £409,880 from 2 recorded sales in LA1 2LE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Lancaster is £199,762 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

38 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 79 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,707 published events cover 12 months, averaging 225.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,037 events.

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