LA20 6BW

High Furness · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Broughton-In-Furness
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness
Postcode district
LA20
Postcode sector
LA20 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA20 6BN 327 m
LA20 6EZ 370 m
LA20 6BL 423 m
LA20 6HD 465 m
LA20 6HB 494 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA20 6BW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA20
Postcode sector
LA20 6
Latitude
54.271095
Longitude
-3.210808
British National Grid easting
321,246
British National Grid northing
486,836

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002591
Westminster constituency
Barrow and Furness · E14001076
Output area
E00097764
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 008A · E01019344
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 008 · E02004022

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Gardeners Cottage, Broughton-In-Furness, LA20 6BW 30 July 2021 £485,000
Field Head, Broughton-In-Furness, LA20 6BW 15 March 2021 £625,000
Strawberry Bank, Broughton-In-Furness, LA20 6BW 27 September 2016 £482,600

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School

    Voluntary controlled school

    571 m
  2. Thwaites School

    Community school

    3.6 km
  3. Burlington CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
23
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Public order 4
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.2
LA20 6 residents
1,191

Age bands in LA20 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

162 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.6%

75 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

219 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

373 residents

Age 65 and over
27.6%

316 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA20 6 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+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • Foxfield Rail Station

    RLY · Foxfield

    0.9 miles
  • Green Road Rail Station

    RLY · The Green

    2.3 miles
  • Kirkby-in-Furness Rail Station

    RLY · Kirkby in Furness

    2.8 miles
  • Millom Rail Station

    RLY · Millom

    4.8 miles
  • Lake Bank (Coniston) Ferry Landing

    FBT · Water Yeat

    5.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 008A, 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

17,496 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 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
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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 571 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

23 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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