LA2 7AL

Bentham & Ingleton · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district
LA2
Postcode sector
LA2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA2 7AW 809 m
LA2 7AN 1.1 km
LA2 7FH 1.3 km
LA2 7AX 1.4 km
LA2 7AH 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA2 7AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA2
Postcode sector
LA2 7
Latitude
54.111882
Longitude
-2.472378
British National Grid easting
369,216
British National Grid northing
468,547

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007061
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140271
Lower layer super output area
Craven 001A · E01027558
Middle layer super output area
Craven 001 · E02005742

Postcode source versions

Explore LA2

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
High Barn, Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7AL 22 September 2017 £10,000
High Barn, Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7AL 5 March 2007 £375,000
High Barn, Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7AL 8 November 2002 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Bentham Community Primary School

    Community school

    3.2 km
  2. Ingleton Primary School

    Community school

    4.1 km
  3. Stonegate School

    Other independent special school

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

6 female, 9 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.5
LA2 7 residents
3,018

Age bands in LA2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

408 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

241 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

584 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

930 residents

Age 65 and over
28.6%

867 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA2 7 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+
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

1

within 5 km

  • BENTHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GRASMERE DRIVE, HIGH BENTHAM, LANCASTER, LA2 7JP

    ODS code B82061

    2.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Robin Lane Bottom

    BCT · High Bentham

    1.5 miles
  • Bentham Station

    BCT · High Bentham

    1.6 miles
  • Robin Lane Bottom

    BCT · High Bentham

    1.6 miles
  • Butts Lane Top

    BCT · High Bentham

    1.6 miles
  • Bentham Rail Station

    RLY · High Bentham

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,829 of 33,755

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

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
1
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

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bentham Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

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