LA12 7RL

High Furness · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ulverston
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness
Postcode district
LA12
Postcode sector
LA12 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA12 7TE 45 m
LA12 7RJ 50 m
LA12 7RN 156 m
LA12 7RH 201 m
LA12 7TD 201 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA12 7RL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA12
Postcode sector
LA12 7
Latitude
54.238217
Longitude
-3.060149
British National Grid easting
331,002
British National Grid northing
483,020

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002603
Westminster constituency
Barrow and Furness · E14001076
Output area
E00097803
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 008D · E01019351
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 008 · E02004022

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Property

At this postcode

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17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Smithy House, Penny Bridge, Ulverston, LA12 7RL 6 August 2025 £285,000
2, Hill Rise, Penny Bridge, Ulverston, LA12 7RL 3 October 2024 £310,000
Smithy House, Penny Bridge, Ulverston, LA12 7RL 30 May 2024 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Penny Bridge CofE School

    Academy converter

    444 m
  2. Leven Valley CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.6 km
  3. Church Walk CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Public order 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

16 female, 15 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
1.9
LA12 7 residents
4,733

Age bands in LA12 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.2%

544 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

402 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

975 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.7%

1,460 residents

Age 65 and over
24.3%

1,088 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA12 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • HAVERTHWAITE SURGERY

    OAK BANK, BACKBARROW, HAVERTHWAITE, ULVERSTON, LA12 8AL

    ODS code A82650

    4.1 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Haverthwaite (Lakeside and Haverthwaite Rly)

    MET · Haverthwaite

    2.6 miles
  • Ulverston Rail Station

    RLY · Ulverston

    3.6 miles
  • Newby Bridge (Lakeside and Haverthwaite Rly)

    MET · Newby Bridge

    4.1 miles
  • Lake Bank (Coniston) Ferry Landing

    FBT · Water Yeat

    4.5 miles
  • Lake Bank (Coniston) Ferry Landing

    FER · Water Yeat

    4.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 008D, 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

18,870 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
0
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £297,500 from 6 recorded sales in LA12 7RL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Westmorland and Furness is £230,066 in June 2026, up 11.1% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penny Bridge CofE School is the nearest published school at 444 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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