LA23 1NF

Windermere and Ambleside · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Windermere
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Postcode district
LA23
Postcode sector
LA23 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA23 1ET 126 m
LA23 1SA 168 m
LA23 1PT 170 m
LA23 1AS 171 m
LA23 1EU 180 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA23 1NF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA23
Postcode sector
LA23 1
Latitude
54.385707
Longitude
-2.911181
British National Grid easting
340,923
British National Grid northing
499,295

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002661
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00098083
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 001D · E01019395
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 001 · E02004015

Postcode source versions

Explore LA23

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Hoo, 3, Ambleside Road, Windermere, LA23 1NF 31 October 2025 £850,000
The Lynn, Ambleside Road, Windermere, LA23 1NF 9 July 2024 £3,400,000
Bracken Fold, Flat 1, Ambleside Road, Windermere, LA23 1NF 6 October 2022 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. The Lakes School

    Community school

    982 m
  2. St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km
  3. St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
332
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 144
  • Criminal damage and arson 48
  • Other theft 29
  • Public order 29
  • Shoplifting 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

16 female, 18 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.3
LA23 1 residents
2,191

Age bands in LA23 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.9%

242 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

206 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

433 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

764 residents

Age 65 and over
33%

811 residents

This postcode contained 1.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA23 1 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+
93.8%
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%

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

2

within 5 km

  • ST. MARY'S SURGERY

    AMBLESIDE ROAD, WINDERMERE, LA23 1BA

    ODS code A82070

    570 m

  • WINDERMERE HEALTH CENTRE

    GOODLEY DALE, WINDERMERE, LA23 2EG

    ODS code A82046

    1.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Windermere Rail Station

    RLY · Windermere

    0.5 miles
  • Windermere Steam Boat Museum Ferry Terminal

    FER · Bowness on Windermere

    1.1 miles
  • Windermere Steam Boat Museum Ferry Terminal

    FBT · Bowness on Windermere

    1.1 miles
  • Bowness on Windermere Ferry Terminal

    FBT · Bowness on Windermere

    1.7 miles
  • Bowness on Windermere Ferry Terminal

    FER · Bowness on Windermere

    1.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 001D, 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

24,061 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £850,000 from 3 recorded sales in LA23 1NF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Westmorland and Furness is £230,066 in June 2026, up 11.1% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Lakes School is the nearest published school at 982 m.

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

Recorded crime

332 published events cover 12 months, averaging 27.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 144 events.

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