LA6 2RD

Upper Lune Valley · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Carnforth
Ward: Upper Lune Valley
Local authority: Lancaster
Constituency: Morecambe and Lunesdale
Postcode district: LA6
Postcode sector: LA6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
LA6 2RR	116 m
LA6 2QZ	134 m
LA6 2RE	177 m
LA6 2RA	224 m
LA6 2QY	332 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: LA6 2RD
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: LA
Postcode district: LA6
Postcode sector: LA6 2
Latitude: 54.135893
Longitude: -2.614437
British National Grid easting: 359,952
British National Grid northing: 471,290

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward: Upper Lune Valley · E05014908
Parish or community: E04005194
Westminster constituency: Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area: E00127733
Lower layer super output area: Lancaster 002C · E01025166
Middle layer super output area: Lancaster 002 · E02005222

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

At this postcode

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12 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
7, Gillison Close, Melling, Carnforth, LA6 2RD	8 January 2021	£320,000
1, Gillison Close, Melling, Carnforth, LA6 2RD	23 October 2020	£270,000
10, Gillison Close, Melling, Carnforth, LA6 2RD	23 January 2018	£305,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 6
Primary: 4
Secondary: 0

Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
262 m
Arkholme Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
1.8 km
Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus

Other independent school
2.9 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

Anti social behaviour 4
Violence and sexual offences 4
Other theft 3
Burglary 1
Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 31
Postcode households: 9
Residents per household: 3.4
LA6 2 residents: 4,524

Age bands in LA6 2

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 14.4%
Age 15 to 24: 8.1%
Age 25 to 44: 15.4%
Age 45 to 64: 31.3%
Age 65 and over: 30.8%

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA6 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Gillison Close

BCT · Melling
0.1 miles
Melling Hall Hotel

BCT · Melling
0.1 miles
Gillison Close

BCT · Melling
0.1 miles
St WilfrIds Church

BCT · Melling
0.1 miles
St WilfrIds Church

BCT · Melling
0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 002C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,497 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 9 of 10
Health and disability: 7 of 10
Crime: 10 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 262 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 4 events.

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