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LA3 3FE

Overton · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 3PB 272 m
LA3 3FU 344 m
LA3 3FZ 358 m
LA3 3DA 364 m
LA3 3PE 431 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3FE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.054501
Longitude
-2.844030
British National Grid easting
344,843
British National Grid northing
462,389

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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
28
Secondary
7

  1. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  2. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    1.1 km

  3. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,358
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 486
  • Anti social behaviour 255
  • Criminal damage and arson 126
  • Burglary 83
  • Shoplifting 77

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.

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
12.5%
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

3

within 5 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    3.0 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    3.2 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    3.6 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Northgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.5 miles

  • Trading Estate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.5 miles

  • Trading Estate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.5 miles

  • Cannon Hygiene

    BCT · White Lund

    0.5 miles

  • Cannon Hygiene

    BCT · White Lund

    0.5 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
2
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. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1,358 published events cover 12 months, averaging 113.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 486 events.

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