LA16 7HU

Dalton North · 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
LA16
Postcode sector
LA16 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA16 7HT 41 m
LA16 7JG 74 m
LA16 7EW 82 m
LA16 7DZ 96 m
LA16 7JD 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA16 7HU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
1 December 1997
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA16
Postcode sector
LA16 7
Latitude
54.189821
Longitude
-3.198713
British National Grid easting
321,880
British National Grid northing
477,780

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002442
Westminster constituency
Barrow and Furness · E14001076
Output area
E00096770
Lower layer super output area
Barrow-in-Furness 001A · E01019144
Middle layer super output area
Barrow-in-Furness 001 · E02003977

Postcode source versions

Explore LA16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    466 m
  2. Askam Village School

    Foundation school

    747 m
  3. Lindal and Marton Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
108
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 64
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Public order 8
  • Other crime 7
  • Anti social behaviour 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA16 7 residents
3,248

Age bands in LA16 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

458 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

322 residents

Age 25 to 44
22%

697 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

966 residents

Age 65 and over
23%

729 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • DUDDON VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A82651

    1.0 km

  • DALTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A82039

    4.0 km

  • WATERLOO HOUSE SURGERY

    MILLOM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LAPSTONE ROAD, MILLOM, LA18 4BY

    ODS code A82033

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Askam Rail Station

    RLY · Askam-in-Furness

    0.2 miles
  • Dalton Rail Station

    RLY · Dalton-in-Furness

    2.6 miles
  • Kirkby-in-Furness Rail Station

    RLY · Kirkby in Furness

    3.0 miles
  • Millom Rail Station

    RLY · Millom

    3.3 miles
  • Ulverston Rail Station

    RLY · Ulverston

    4.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barrow-in-Furness 001A, 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

15,351 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 466 m.

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

Recorded crime

108 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 64 events.

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