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LA3 3DS

Westgate · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Westgate
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 3LX 28 m
LA3 3NW 38 m
LA3 3NJ 50 m
LA3 3PL 76 m
LA3 3DJ 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3DS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.059933
Longitude
-2.852436
British National Grid easting
344,300
British National Grid northing
463,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Westgate · E05014911
Parish or community
E04012009
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127747
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 010C · E01025172
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 010 · E02005230

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
26
Secondary
7

  1. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

    Community school

    591 m

  2. Lancaster Road Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km

  3. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,451
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 901
  • Anti social behaviour 433
  • Criminal damage and arson 276
  • Other theft 147
  • Shoplifting 130

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA3 3 residents
6,153

Age bands in LA3 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

968 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

587 residents

Age 25 to 44
22%

1,362 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,776 residents

Age 65 and over
24.2%

1,495 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    3.4 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    3.7 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

  • White Lund Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

  • School stop

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 010C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,857 of 33,755

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

41 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 591 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,451 published events cover 12 months, averaging 204.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 901 events.

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