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LA3 3NN

Westgate · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 3NE 46 m
LA3 3NS 49 m
LA3 3NF 81 m
LA3 3AU 159 m
LA3 3EH 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3NN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.057116
Longitude
-2.868174
British National Grid easting
343,266
British National Grid northing
462,699

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Westgate · E05014911
Parish or community
E04005190
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127768
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 010B · E01025171
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
32
Primary
20
Secondary
5

  1. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

    Community school

    615 m

  2. Bay Leadership Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    744 m

  3. West End Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,064
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,168
  • Anti social behaviour 505
  • Criminal damage and arson 332
  • Other theft 199
  • Shoplifting 184

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

13 female, 11 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.0
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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    2.4 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    4.6 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    4.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sunderland Drive

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

  • Morecambe FC

    BCT · Westgate

    0.2 miles

  • Morecambe FC

    BCT · Westgate

    0.2 miles

  • Regency Caravan Park

    BCT · Westgate

    0.2 miles

  • Westgate Primary School

    BCT · Westgate

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 010B, 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

377 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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
0
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

32 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 615 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,064 published events cover 12 months, averaging 255.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,168 events.

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