Scotforth West · Lancaster · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 57, Spruce Avenue, Lancaster, LA1 5LB | 22 June 2026 | £235,000 |
| 7, Spruce Avenue, Lancaster, LA1 5LB | 1 May 2026 | £450,000 |
| 48, Spruce Avenue, Lancaster, LA1 5LB | 19 February 2026 | £325,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Jamea Al Kauthar
Other independent school
Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School
Voluntary aided school
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
Academy converter
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
71 female, 65 male
1,658 residents
1,692 residents
2,764 residents
2,645 residents
1,683 residents
This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA1 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
2
within 5 km
2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP
ODS code P81013
1.6 km
8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN
ODS code P81002
1.7 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Islamic College
BCT · Haverbreaks
Islamic College
BCT · Haverbreaks
Rutland Avenue
BCT · Scotforth
Rutland Avenue
BCT · Scotforth
Hall Park
BCT · Scotforth
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 017E, 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
15,573 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £211,500 from 16 recorded sales in LA1 5LB. 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.
Published establishments
32 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Jamea Al Kauthar is the nearest published school at 223 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
1,157 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 400 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.