LA12 8DS

Coniston and Hawkshead · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Postcode district
LA12
Postcode sector
LA12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA12 8AP 27 m
LA12 8DR 79 m
LA12 8DH 100 m
LA12 8AR 144 m
LA12 8AT 317 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA12 8DS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA12
Postcode sector
LA12 8
Latitude
54.276313
Longitude
-2.957447
British National Grid easting
337,753
British National Grid northing
487,163

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002596
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00097836
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 007A · E01019356
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 007 · E02004021

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Leven Valley CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
38
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 11
  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Public order 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA12 8 residents
2,237

Age bands in LA12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10%

245 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.8%

168 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.1%

419 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.8%

804 residents

Age 65 and over
33.3%

817 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • HAVERTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A82650

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Lakeside Windermere Ferry Landing

    FBT · Lakeside

    0.1 miles
  • Lakeside Windermere Ferry Landing

    FER · Lakeside

    0.1 miles
  • Lakeside (Lakeside & Haverthwaite Rly)

    MET · Lakeside

    0.2 miles
  • Fell Foot Country Park Ferry Landing

    FER · Fell Foot

    0.2 miles
  • Fell Foot Country Park Ferry Landing

    FBT · Fell Foot

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 007A, 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

15,358 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Leven Valley CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

38 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 11 events.

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