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LA2 9RW

Lower Lune Valley · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Ward
Lower Lune Valley
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Postcode district
LA2
Postcode sector
LA2 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA2 9QJ 32 m
LA2 9QG 58 m
LA2 9QY 92 m
LA2 9BF 100 m
LA2 9RX 105 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA2 9RW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA2
Postcode sector
LA2 9
Latitude
54.075651
Longitude
-2.719258
British National Grid easting
353,035
British National Grid northing
464,652

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Lower Lune Valley · E05014897
Parish or community
E04005184
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127553
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 005C · E01025131
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 005 · E02005225

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Property

At this postcode

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Farriers Yard, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9RW 19 May 2006 £240,000
1, Farriers Yard, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9RW 1 October 2001 £117,800
1, Farriers Yard, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9RW 29 January 1999 £100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Caton Primary School

    Community school

    644 m

  2. Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

  3. St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
110
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 45
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Burglary 9
  • Other theft 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

3 female, 0 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.0
LA2 9 residents
4,444

Age bands in LA2 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

635 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

389 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.8%

841 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

1,210 residents

Age 65 and over
27.5%

1,165 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA2 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Station Hotel

    BCT · Caton

    0.1 miles

  • Station Hotel

    BCT · Caton

    0.1 miles

  • County Library

    BCT · Caton

    0.1 miles

  • County Library

    BCT · Caton

    0.1 miles

  • Hall Drive

    BCT · Caton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 005C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,983 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Caton Primary School is the nearest published school at 644 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

110 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 45 events.

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