LA6 3AU

Bentham & Ingleton · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carnforth
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district
LA6
Postcode sector
LA6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA6 3AX 1.4 km
LA6 3FH 2.2 km
LA6 3JF 2.4 km
LA6 3AR 2.5 km
LA6 3AS 2.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA6 3AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA6
Postcode sector
LA6 3
Latitude
54.212494
Longitude
-2.379134
British National Grid easting
375,372
British National Grid northing
479,705

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007098
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140340
Lower layer super output area
Craven 001D · E01027570
Middle layer super output area
Craven 001 · E02005742

Postcode source versions

Explore LA6

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Winterscales Fold, 2, Chapel Le Dale, Carnforth, LA6 3AU 18 December 2023 £242,500
Winterscales Fold, 2, Chapel Le Dale, Carnforth, LA6 3AU 15 January 2021 £234,000

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.8
LA6 3 residents
3,034

Age bands in LA6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

402 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

235 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.7%

565 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

921 residents

Age 65 and over
29.9%

906 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA6 3 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

  • Ribblehead Station

    BCT · Chapel-le-Dale

    0.7 miles
  • Ribblehead Station

    BCT · Chapel-le-Dale

    0.7 miles
  • Ribblehead Rail Station

    RSE · Chapel-le-Dale

    0.8 miles
  • Rail Station

    BCT · Chapel-le-Dale

    0.8 miles
  • Ribblehead Rail Station

    RLY · Chapel-le-Dale

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 001D, 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

21,041 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £242,500 from 1 recorded sale in LA6 3AU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Yorkshire is £270,569 in June 2026, up 3.1% year on year.