LA3 3SS

Scale Hall · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 5TG 30 m
LA1 5TD 79 m
LA1 5TB 94 m
LA1 5TF 99 m
LA1 5JQ 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3SS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.057418
Longitude
-2.826414
British National Grid easting
346,000
British National Grid northing
462,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005190
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127686
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 020I · E01025157
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 020 · E02006871

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
26
Secondary
7
  1. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School

    Community school

    309 m
  2. Lancaster and Morecambe College

    Further education

    582 m
  3. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    718 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,933
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 684
  • Anti social behaviour 375
  • Criminal damage and arson 197
  • Shoplifting 121
  • Other theft 110

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    2.1 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    2.2 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Winster Walk

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.0 miles
  • Asda

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.1 miles
  • Windholme

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.1 miles
  • AXA Insurance

    BCT · White Lund

    0.1 miles
  • AXA Insurance

    BCT · White Lund

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 020I, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,393 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

42 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 309 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,933 published events cover 12 months, averaging 161.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 684 events.

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