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LA1 5LW

Marsh · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Marsh
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 5TP 28 m
LA1 5EP 123 m
LA1 5JX 136 m
LA1 5ER 156 m
LA1 5EY 183 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 5LW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 February 2006
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5
Latitude
54.043364
Longitude
-2.820682
British National Grid easting
346,357
British National Grid northing
461,132

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Marsh · E05014898
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127385
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 017D · E01025103
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 017 · E02005237

Postcode source versions

Explore LA1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
26
Secondary
7

  1. Appletree Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    620 m

  2. Willow Lane Community Primary School

    Community school

    711 m

  3. Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal)

    Other independent school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,422
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 798
  • Anti social behaviour 426
  • Shoplifting 312
  • Public order 212
  • Criminal damage and arson 157

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA1 5 residents
10,422

Age bands in LA1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,658 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.2%

1,692 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.5%

2,764 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.3%

2,645 residents

Age 65 and over
16.1%

1,683 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    1.3 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    1.6 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

    HEYSHAM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, MIDDLETON WAY, HEYSHAM, MORECAMBE, LA3 2LE

    ODS code Y01008

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Westbourne Road

    BCT · Abraham Heights

    0.0 miles

  • Jefferson Close

    BCT · Abraham Heights

    0.1 miles

  • Denmark Street

    BCT · Marsh

    0.1 miles

  • Denmark Street

    BCT · Marsh

    0.1 miles

  • Coolidge Avenue

    BCT · Abraham Heights

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 017D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,318 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
9 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Appletree Nursery School is the nearest published school at 620 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,422 published events cover 12 months, averaging 201.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 798 events.

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