LA12 8HG

Coniston and Hawkshead · 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
Postcode district
LA12
Postcode sector
LA12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA12 8HL 236 m
LA12 8HN 471 m
LA12 8HJ 486 m
LA12 8HW 687 m
LA12 8HQ 775 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA12 8HG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA12
Postcode sector
LA12 8
Latitude
54.276365
Longitude
-3.048444
British National Grid easting
331,828
British National Grid northing
487,253

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
E00097796
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 008C · E01019350
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 008 · E02004022

Postcode source versions

Explore LA12

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Oxen Park Farm, Park Barn, Oxen Park, Ulverston, LA12 8HG 8 November 2024 £485,000
Manor House Hotel, Oxen Park, Ulverston, LA12 8HG 15 May 2024 £153,362
Steencot, Oxen Park, Ulverston, LA12 8HG 5 September 2019 £128,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Leven Valley CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.6 km
  2. Penny Bridge CofE School

    Academy converter

    4.7 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

17 female, 19 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.0
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

This postcode contained 1.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA12 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • HAVERTHWAITE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A82650

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Lake Bank (Coniston) Ferry Landing

    FER · Water Yeat

    2.4 miles
  • Lake Bank (Coniston) Ferry Landing

    FBT · Water Yeat

    2.5 miles
  • Water Park (Coniston) Ferry Landing

    FER · Water Yeat

    2.5 miles
  • Water Park (Coniston) Ferry Landing

    FBT · Water Yeat

    2.5 miles
  • Haverthwaite (Lakeside and Haverthwaite Rly)

    MET · Haverthwaite

    2.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 008C, 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

17,849 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £319,181 from 2 recorded sales in LA12 8HG. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Leven Valley CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.9 miles.

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