LA3 3EF

Heysham Central · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Morecambe
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 2AP 240 m
LA3 2AH 260 m
LA3 2AE 262 m
LA3 2AQ 323 m
LA3 3EG 331 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3EF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.051867
Longitude
-2.878069
British National Grid easting
342,611
British National Grid northing
462,123

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127500
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 016C · E01025121
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 016 · E02005236

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Fanny House Farm, Oxcliffe Road, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Morecambe, LA3 3EF 10 June 2021 £350,000
Old Fanny House, Oxcliffe Road, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Morecambe, LA3 3EF 28 May 2021 £350,000
89, Oxcliffe Road, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Morecambe, LA3 3EF 3 January 2020 £302,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
18
Secondary
3
  1. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    454 m
  2. Mossgate Primary School

    Community school

    642 m
  3. Bay Leadership Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    895 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,198
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 890
  • Anti social behaviour 381
  • Criminal damage and arson 246
  • Other theft 147
  • Vehicle crime 107

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
54

23 female, 31 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
1.8
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

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA3 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+
95.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
4.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
95.5%
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    1.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Clay Lane

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • Clay Lane

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • Hale Carr Lane

    BCT · Kingsway

    0.3 miles
  • Kingsway

    BCT · Kingsway

    0.3 miles
  • Mossgate School

    BCT · Kingsway

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 016C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,590 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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
26
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

26 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 454 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,198 published events cover 12 months, averaging 183.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 890 events.

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