LA3 3PA

Westgate · 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 3PS 74 m
LA3 3PQ 141 m
LA3 3PD 166 m
LA3 3SH 169 m
LA3 3PU 200 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3PA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.058082
Longitude
-2.833088
British National Grid easting
345,564
British National Grid northing
462,779

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
E00127767
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 010C · E01025172
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 010 · E02005230

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Halls Beeline Stanley, Northgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe, LA3 3PA 22 November 2024 £2,190,000
J Kelly Laminates (morecambe) Ltd, Northgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe, LA3 3PA 9 January 2024 £200,000
J Kelly Laminates (morecambe) Ltd, Northgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe, LA3 3PA 25 March 2019 £415,000

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

    246 m
  2. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    459 m
  3. Lancaster and Morecambe College

    Further education

    676 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,738
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 588
  • Anti social behaviour 318
  • Criminal damage and arson 172
  • Shoplifting 157
  • Burglary 98

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+
96.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
36.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
3.3%
Gigabit-capable
3.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
96.7%
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

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    2.5 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    2.6 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Newgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.0 miles
  • Newgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.0 miles
  • Northgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.1 miles
  • Northgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.1 miles
  • AXA Insurance

    BCT · White Lund

    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.

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
4
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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,195,000 from 2 recorded sales in LA3 3PA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Lancaster is £199,762 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

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 246 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,738 published events cover 12 months, averaging 144.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 588 events.

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