LA5 8JJ

Bolton & Slyne · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA5 8JW 89 m
LA5 8LX 131 m
LA5 8BN 147 m
LA5 8LZ 170 m
LA5 8AY 179 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA5 8JJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA5
Postcode sector
LA5 8
Latitude
54.096409
Longitude
-2.802250
British National Grid easting
347,631
British National Grid northing
467,020

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005179
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127690
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 003E · E01025160
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 003 · E02005223

Postcode source versions

Explore LA5

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
57, Coastal Road, Bolton Le Sands, Carnforth, LA5 8JJ 30 March 2021 £375,000
57, Coastal Road, Bolton Le Sands, Carnforth, LA5 8JJ 27 August 2020 £325,000
Thortindale Cottage, Coastal Road, Bolton Le Sands, Carnforth, LA5 8JJ 16 July 2018 £465,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
18
Secondary
4
  1. Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  2. Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km
  3. Nether Kellet Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
208
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 92
  • Anti social behaviour 28
  • Other theft 18
  • Burglary 15
  • Criminal damage and arson 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

6 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.7
LA5 8 residents
4,196

Age bands in LA5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.9%

540 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

397 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

728 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,275 residents

Age 65 and over
29.9%

1,256 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA5 8 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ASH TREES SURGERY

    MARKET STREET, CARNFORTH, LA5 9JU

    ODS code P81029

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Pasture Lane

    BCT · Bolton-le-Sands

    0.1 miles
  • Greenacre Park

    BCT · Hest Bank

    0.2 miles
  • Pasture Lane

    BCT · Bolton-le-Sands

    0.2 miles
  • Greenacre Park

    BCT · Hest Bank

    0.2 miles
  • Greenwood Crescent

    BCT · Bolton-le-Sands

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 003E, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,057 of 33,755

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

27 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

208 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 92 events.

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