LA3 1XA

Heysham North · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 1UH 30 m
LA3 1UG 40 m
LA3 1UR 53 m
LA3 1TR 63 m
LA3 1UB 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 1XA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 1
Latitude
54.062398
Longitude
-2.884571
British National Grid easting
342,200
British National Grid northing
463,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04012009
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127480
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 009D · E01025120
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 009 · E02005229

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School

    Community school

    156 m
  2. West End Primary School

    Community school

    455 m
  3. Bay Leadership Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    485 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,680
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,034
  • Anti social behaviour 436
  • Criminal damage and arson 296
  • Other theft 181
  • Shoplifting 154

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA3 1 residents
8,305

Age bands in LA3 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

1,529 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

886 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

2,074 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,259 residents

Age 65 and over
19.1%

1,590 residents

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

    HEYSHAM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, MIDDLETON WAY, HEYSHAM, MORECAMBE, LA3 2LE

    ODS code Y01008

    2.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Byron Road

    BCT · Sandylands

    0.0 miles
  • Cavendish Road

    BCT · Sandylands

    0.1 miles
  • Barnes Road

    BCT · Sandylands

    0.1 miles
  • Cavendish Road

    BCT · Sandylands

    0.1 miles
  • Stanley Road

    BCT · Sandylands

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 009D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,789 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 156 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,680 published events cover 12 months, averaging 223.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,034 events.

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