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LA1 5XW

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 5XR 76 m
LA1 5XU 92 m
LA1 5WN 97 m
LA1 5QS 114 m
LA1 5QP 193 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 5XW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5
Latitude
54.048746
Longitude
-2.826195
British National Grid easting
346,003
British National Grid northing
461,735

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
E00127383
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 017A · E01025100
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 017 · E02005237

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
28
Secondary
7

  1. Appletree Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    720 m

  2. Willow Lane Community Primary School

    Community school

    746 m

  3. Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal)

    Other independent school

    886 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,683
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 553
  • Anti social behaviour 325
  • Shoplifting 169
  • Criminal damage and arson 144
  • Burglary 112

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

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

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
42.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
42.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
42.9%
Gigabit-capable
42.9%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
14.3%
Next Generation Access
71.4%
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

    1.7 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    1.9 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Coverdale Road

    BCT · Marsh

    0.3 miles

  • Coverdale Road

    BCT · Marsh

    0.3 miles

  • Denmark Street

    BCT · Marsh

    0.3 miles

  • Denmark Street

    BCT · Marsh

    0.4 miles

  • Westbourne Road

    BCT · Abraham Heights

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 017A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,829 of 33,755

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

45 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Appletree Nursery School is the nearest published school at 720 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,683 published events cover 12 months, averaging 140.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 553 events.

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