LA2 8QT

Lower Lune Valley · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA2
Postcode sector
LA2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA2 8NE 759 m
LA2 8NF 765 m
LA2 8ND 834 m
LA2 8PW 1.5 km
LA2 8PH 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA2 8QT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA2
Postcode sector
LA2 8
Latitude
54.096537
Longitude
-2.579895
British National Grid easting
362,173
British National Grid northing
466,892

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005212
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127559
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 002B · E01025132
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 002 · E02005222

Postcode source versions

Explore LA2

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Lodge, Wray, Lancaster, LA2 8QT 5 July 2019 £550,000
Lane House, Wray, Lancaster, LA2 8QT 19 May 2006 £138,500
The Lodge, Wray, Lancaster, LA2 8QT 23 August 2001 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.0 km
  2. Cedar House School

    Other independent special school

    3.3 km
  3. Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.6 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

10 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.3
LA2 8 residents
3,240

Age bands in LA2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.1%

394 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

267 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.9%

485 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.2%

1,017 residents

Age 65 and over
33.5%

1,092 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA2 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+
90%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
90%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90%
Gigabit-capable
90%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Trinket Lane

    BCT · Millhouses

    0.5 miles
  • Greenside Farm

    BCT · Green

    1.2 miles
  • Greenside Farm

    BCT · Green

    1.2 miles
  • Perrymoor Road

    BCT · Wennington

    1.4 miles
  • Tatham Hall

    BCT · Tatham

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 002B, 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

18,733 of 33,755

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

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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