LA15 8FL

Dalton South · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness
Postcode district
LA15
Postcode sector
LA15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA15 8QF 71 m
LA15 8QY 79 m
LA15 8FJ 85 m
LA15 8FN 89 m
LA15 8QG 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA15 8FL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA15
Postcode sector
LA15 8
Latitude
54.153057
Longitude
-3.172613
British National Grid easting
323,515
British National Grid northing
473,661

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002443
Westminster constituency
Barrow and Furness · E14001076
Output area
E00096795
Lower layer super output area
Barrow-in-Furness 002D · E01019151
Middle layer super output area
Barrow-in-Furness 002 · E02003978

Postcode source versions

Explore LA15

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Lapwing Close, Dalton-In-Furness, LA15 8FL 19 September 2025 £756,000
6, Lapwing Close, Dalton-In-Furness, LA15 8FL 19 September 2025 £756,000
12, Lapwing Close, Dalton-In-Furness, LA15 8FL 23 January 2023 £525,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
21
Secondary
3
  1. Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    502 m
  2. Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School

    Community school

    709 m
  3. Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness

    Academy converter

    804 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
536
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 240
  • Criminal damage and arson 82
  • Public order 59
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Other theft 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA15 8 residents
7,655

Age bands in LA15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

1,108 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

880 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

1,750 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,187 residents

Age 65 and over
21.6%

1,631 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+
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

  • DALTON SURGERY

    92 MARKET STREET, DALTON-IN-FURNESS, LA15 8AB

    ODS code A82039

    569 m

  • DUDDON VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ASKAM SURGERY, 2 PARKLANDS DRIVE, ASKAM-IN-FURNESS, LA16 7JP

    ODS code A82651

    4.2 km

  • BRIDGEGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINCHESTER STREET, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, LA13 9SH

    ODS code A82009

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Dalton Rail Station

    RLY · Dalton-in-Furness

    0.3 miles
  • Roose Rail Station

    RLY · Roose

    2.8 miles
  • Askam Rail Station

    RLY · Askam-in-Furness

    2.8 miles
  • Barrow-in-Furness Rail Station

    RLY · Barrow-in-Furness

    3.2 miles
  • Ulverston Rail Station

    RLY · Ulverston

    4.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barrow-in-Furness 002D, 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

15,768 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £640,500 from 4 recorded sales in LA15 8FL. 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 502 m.

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

Recorded crime

536 published events cover 12 months, averaging 44.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 240 events.

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