LA4 4QL

West End · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA4 4QD 48 m
LA4 4PU 56 m
LA4 4QE 59 m
LA4 4QA 75 m
LA4 4QB 81 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA4 4QL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1984
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 4
Latitude
54.067057
Longitude
-2.861750
British National Grid easting
343,700
British National Grid northing
463,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
West End · E05014910
Parish or community
E04012009
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127449
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 008A · E01025111
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 008 · E02005228

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
20
Secondary
5
  1. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

    Community school

    573 m
  2. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

    Community school

    687 m
  3. Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    863 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,078
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,535
  • Anti social behaviour 691
  • Criminal damage and arson 440
  • Shoplifting 262
  • Other theft 243

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA4 4 residents
9,165

Age bands in LA4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

1,558 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

1,016 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

2,177 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

2,357 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,809 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

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    3.5 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

Nearby transport

  • Schola Green Lane

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Grayrigg Drive

    BCT · Westgate

    0.2 miles
  • Greenholme Avenue

    BCT · Westgate

    0.2 miles
  • Bartholomew Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.2 miles
  • Euston Road School

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 008A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,495 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 573 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,078 published events cover 12 months, averaging 339.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,535 events.

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