LA5 0BF

Silverdale · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carnforth
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA5
Postcode sector
LA5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA5 0SG 47 m
LA5 0SZ 92 m
LA5 0SQ 172 m
LA5 0SH 192 m
LA5 0SB 381 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA5 0BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA5
Postcode sector
LA5 0
Latitude
54.173657
Longitude
-2.834201
British National Grid easting
345,643
British National Grid northing
475,639

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005204
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127638
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 001E · E01025148
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 001 · E02005221

Postcode source versions

Explore LA5

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cove Orchard, 6, Cove Road, Silverdale, Carnforth, LA5 0BF 10 January 2025 £280,000
Cove Orchard, 2, Cove Road, Silverdale, Carnforth, LA5 0BF 6 October 2023 £277,000
Cove Orchard, 1, Cove Road, Silverdale, Carnforth, LA5 0BF 16 January 2023 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    677 m
  2. Bleasdale School

    Community special school

    690 m
  3. Arnside National CofE School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
28
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

10 female, 7 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.4
LA5 0 residents
3,795

Age bands in LA5 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.4%

357 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.1%

232 residents

Age 25 to 44
11.3%

430 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

1,125 residents

Age 65 and over
43.4%

1,646 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA5 0 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.

Nearby transport

  • St Johns Primary School

    BCT · Silverdale

    0.4 miles
  • Emesgate Lane

    BCT · Silverdale

    0.4 miles
  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Silverdale

    0.4 miles
  • Clevelands Avenue

    BCT · Silverdale

    0.4 miles
  • Gaskell Hall

    BCT · Silverdale

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 001E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,317 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £280,000 from 3 recorded sales in LA5 0BF. 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 677 m.

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

Recorded crime

28 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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