LA3 3EU

Overton · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 3ET 353 m
LA3 3ES 1.1 km
LA3 3EX 1.2 km
LA3 3EY 1.2 km
LA3 3ER 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3EU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.035530
Longitude
-2.851309
British National Grid easting
344,341
British National Grid northing
460,284

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Overton · E05014899
Parish or community
E04005190
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00170172
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 016I · E01033072
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 016 · E02005236

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodhouse Farmhouse, Heaton Bottom Road, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Morecambe, LA3 3EU 18 June 2021 £360,000
Friarswood, Heaton Bottom Road, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Morecambe, LA3 3EU 9 June 2017 £395,000
Old Wood House, 2, Heaton Bottom Road, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Morecambe, LA3 3EU 6 April 2006 £185,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
28
Secondary
7
  1. Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km
  2. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.6 km
  3. Appletree Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

16 female, 11 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.4% 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+
0%
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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    2.9 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    3.5 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Cottom Farm

    BCT · Heaton-with-Oxcliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Downy Field

    BCT · Middleton

    1.3 miles
  • Downy Field

    BCT · Middleton

    1.3 miles
  • St Helens CEPS

    BCT · Overton

    1.4 miles
  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Overton

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 016I, 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

7,473 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
5
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

44 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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