LA6 1AS

Halton-with-Aughton & Kellet · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carnforth
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA6
Postcode sector
LA6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA6 1AT 71 m
LA6 1RA 103 m
LA6 1BA 150 m
LA6 1FA 165 m
LA6 1AU 234 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA6 1AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA6
Postcode sector
LA6 1
Latitude
54.143830
Longitude
-2.640089
British National Grid easting
358,284
British National Grid northing
472,188

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005178
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127537
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 002A · E01025130
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 002 · E02005222

Postcode source versions

Explore LA6

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bay Horse Hotel, Arkholme, Carnforth, LA6 1AS 10 March 2025 £180,000
Smithy Cottage, Arkholme, Carnforth, LA6 1AS 17 June 2022 £290,000
Bay Horse Hotel, Arkholme, Carnforth, LA6 1AS 26 February 2019 £258,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Arkholme Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    86 m
  2. Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km
  3. Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus

    Other independent school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other theft 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

12 female, 15 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.5
LA6 1 residents
5,635

Age bands in LA6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

848 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

487 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.2%

1,019 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

1,652 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

1,585 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA6 1 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

  • Bay Horse

    BCT · Arkholme

    0.0 miles
  • Bay Horse

    BCT · Arkholme

    0.0 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Arkholme

    0.1 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Arkholme

    0.1 miles
  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Arkholme

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 002A, 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

23,651 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £235,000 from 2 recorded sales in LA6 1AS. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Arkholme Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 86 m.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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