LA4 4ST

Westgate · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Morecambe
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA4 4RN 60 m
LA4 4SY 73 m
LA4 4RH 116 m
LA4 4SZ 126 m
LA4 4SS 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA4 4ST
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 4
Latitude
54.062291
Longitude
-2.850743
British National Grid easting
344,414
British National Grid northing
463,261

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
E00127746
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 010A · E01025170
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 010 · E02005230

Postcode source versions

Explore LA4

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Thursgill Avenue, Morecambe, LA4 4ST 21 August 2003 £90,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
25
Secondary
7
  1. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

    Community school

    710 m
  2. Lancaster Road Primary School

    Community school

    721 m
  3. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,122
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,115
  • Anti social behaviour 570
  • Criminal damage and arson 347
  • Other theft 179
  • Shoplifting 171

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

4 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA4 4 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

    3.6 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    3.7 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

  • School stop

    BCT · Westgate

    0.0 miles
  • White Lund Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • Meadow Court Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • Meadow Court Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • Audenshaw Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 010A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,833 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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

40 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 7 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 710 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,122 published events cover 12 months, averaging 260.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,115 events.

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