LA3 3PL

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 3LX 48 m
LA3 3NJ 80 m
LA3 3NW 82 m
LA3 3DJ 90 m
LA3 3LR 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3PL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.060513
Longitude
-2.853044
British National Grid easting
344,261
British National Grid northing
463,065

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Westgate · E05014911
Parish or community
E04012009
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127747
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 010C · E01025172
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 010 · E02005230

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lidl Uk Gmbh, Westgate, Morecambe, LA3 3PL 20 March 2018 £2,400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
26
Secondary
7
  1. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

    Community school

    543 m
  2. Lancaster Road Primary School

    Community school

    951 m
  3. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,721
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 968
  • Anti social behaviour 485
  • Criminal damage and arson 306
  • Shoplifting 172
  • Other theft 168

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+
100%
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

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    3.4 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    3.8 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    3.9 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

  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.0 miles
  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • White Lund Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    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
1
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

41 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 543 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,721 published events cover 12 months, averaging 226.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 968 events.

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