LA23 3FS

Bowness and Lyth · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA23 3ER 51 m
LA23 3ES 134 m
LA23 3FB 190 m
LA23 3HP 217 m
LA23 3HS 239 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA23 3FS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA23
Postcode sector
LA23 3
Latitude
54.358482
Longitude
-2.917488
British National Grid easting
340,474
British National Grid northing
496,271

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
E00098098
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 002C · E01019397
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 002 · E02004016

Postcode source versions

Explore LA23

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
South Fellside, Fellside, Bowness On Windermere, Windermere, LA23 3FS 17 July 2020 £765,000
Briarswood, Fellside, Bowness On Windermere, Windermere, LA23 3FS 7 June 2017 £697,000
Red Screes, Fellside, Bowness On Windermere, Windermere, LA23 3FS 22 May 2017 £585,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Goodly Dale Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  2. St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
396
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 210
  • Public order 43
  • Other theft 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Drugs 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

8 female, 4 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.4
LA23 3 residents
2,047

Age bands in LA23 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.1%

229 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

172 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

529 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

597 residents

Age 65 and over
25.9%

534 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA23 3 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+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
66.7%
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

  • WINDERMERE HEALTH CENTRE

    GOODLEY DALE, WINDERMERE, LA23 2EG

    ODS code A82046

    1.4 km

  • ST. MARY'S SURGERY

    AMBLESIDE ROAD, WINDERMERE, LA23 1BA

    ODS code A82070

    2.5 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

  • Bowness on Windermere Ferry Terminal

    FBT · Bowness on Windermere

    0.4 miles
  • Bowness on Windermere Ferry Terminal

    FER · Bowness on Windermere

    0.4 miles
  • Bowness Ferry Nab

    FER · Bowness on Windermere

    0.6 miles
  • Bowness Ferry Nab

    FBT · Bowness on Windermere

    0.6 miles
  • Windermere Steam Boat Museum Ferry Terminal

    FBT · Bowness on Windermere

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 002C, 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

19,842 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Goodly Dale Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

396 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 210 events.

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