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LA1 5TB

Scale Hall · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Ward
Scale Hall
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 5TA 22 m
LA1 5TD 27 m
LA1 5TE 33 m
LA1 5TF 53 m
LA1 5TG 79 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 5TB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5
Latitude
54.057795
Longitude
-2.825123
British National Grid easting
346,085
British National Grid northing
462,741

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Scale Hall · E05014901
Parish or community
E04005190
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127686
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 020I · E01025157
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 020 · E02006871

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Bela Close, Lancaster, LA1 5TB 23 October 2024 £208,000
3, Bela Close, Lancaster, LA1 5TB 18 December 2015 £150,000
3, Bela Close, Lancaster, LA1 5TB 26 May 2014 £135,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
27
Secondary
7

  1. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School

    Community school

    354 m

  2. Lancaster and Morecambe College

    Further education

    546 m

  3. The Loyne Specialist School

    Community special school

    706 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,060
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 735
  • Anti social behaviour 392
  • Criminal damage and arson 207
  • Shoplifting 123
  • Burglary 113

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

4 female, 1 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
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

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA1 5 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+
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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    2.0 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    2.2 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Winster Walk

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.0 miles

  • Windholme

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.1 miles

  • Penrhyn Road

    BCT · Scale Hall

    0.1 miles

  • Asda

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.1 miles

  • Brennand Close

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 020I, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,393 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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 £208,000 from 1 recorded sale in LA1 5TB. 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 7 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 354 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,060 published events cover 12 months, averaging 171.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 735 events.

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