LA1 3PG

Lower Lune Valley · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 3TD 135 m
LA1 3SU 166 m
LA1 3RQ 268 m
LA1 3SW 389 m
LA1 3RA 398 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 3PG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 3
Latitude
54.067965
Longitude
-2.781392
British National Grid easting
348,960
British National Grid northing
463,840

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005201
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127556
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 005C · E01025131
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 005 · E02005225

Postcode source versions

Explore LA1

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brendarth, Lune Valley Estate, Lancaster, LA1 3PG 21 January 2022 £180,000
Hazeldene, Lune Valley Estate, Lancaster, LA1 3PG 8 November 2019 £220,000
Lyndhurst, Lune Valley Estate, Lancaster, LA1 3PG 24 November 2017 £154,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
23
Secondary
6
  1. Beaumont College - A Salutem/Ambito College

    Special post 16 institution

    1.4 km
  2. Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km
  3. St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
791
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 327
  • Anti social behaviour 147
  • Criminal damage and arson 95
  • Burglary 36
  • Drugs 35

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
44

22 female, 22 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.4
LA1 3 residents
12,328

Age bands in LA1 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,844 residents

Age 15 to 24
22%

2,629 residents

Age 25 to 44
30%

3,597 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.6%

2,586 residents

Age 65 and over
11%

1,320 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA1 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

    2.5 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    2.7 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

  • Riverside Park

    BCT · Lansil

    0.1 miles
  • Riverside Park

    BCT · Lansil

    0.1 miles
  • Business Park

    BCT · Caton Road

    0.2 miles
  • Lancaster Business Park

    BCT · Caton Road

    0.2 miles
  • Aqueduct

    BCT · Lansil

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 005C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,983 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

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
3
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £180,000 from 1 recorded sale in LA1 3PG. 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. Beaumont College - A Salutem/Ambito College is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

791 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 327 events.

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