LA8 0AA

Kendal South · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kendal
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA9 7PT 302 m
LA8 0JG 390 m
LA9 7QT 552 m
LA9 7PS 647 m
LA9 7QW 898 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 0AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 0
Latitude
54.286884
Longitude
-2.730097
British National Grid easting
352,569
British National Grid northing
488,162

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002650
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00098005
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 010D · E01019383
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 010 · E02004024

Postcode source versions

Explore LA8

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Highfield Hall, Apartment 2, Barrows Green, Kendal, LA8 0AA 16 May 2025 £405,000
Croft House, Barrows Green, Kendal, LA8 0AA 26 March 2025 £645,000
Green Riggs, Barrows Green, Kendal, LA8 0AA 30 January 2023 £315,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Appletree School

    Other independent special school

    979 m
  2. St Mark's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  3. Crosscrake CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
47
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Other theft 6
  • Public order 5
  • Burglary 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

26 female, 19 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.0
LA8 0 residents
2,912

Age bands in LA8 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.8%

299 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

210 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.6%

389 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

761 residents

Age 65 and over
29%

678 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA8 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+
96.8%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.8%
Gigabit-capable
96.8%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
96.8%
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

2

within 5 km

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    2.9 km

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    4.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    1.3 miles
  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    3.2 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    4.9 miles
  • Gait Barrows

    BCT · Leighton Beck Bridge

    7.0 miles
  • Triangle

    BCT · Yealand Redmayne

    7.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 010D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,254 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 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
2
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 £407,500 from 4 recorded sales in LA8 0AA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Westmorland and Furness is £230,066 in June 2026, up 11.1% year on year.

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Appletree School is the nearest published school at 979 m.

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

Recorded crime

47 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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