LA8 0AU

Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale · 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
LA8 0NS 250 m
LA8 0BD 700 m
LA8 0NT 802 m
LA8 0AT 859 m
LA8 0AX 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 0AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 0
Latitude
54.307047
Longitude
-2.659066
British National Grid easting
357,214
British National Grid northing
490,360

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002637
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00098077
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 005D · E01019394
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 005 · E02004019

Postcode source versions

Explore LA8

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hall Bank, New Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0AU 2 June 2023 £495,000
Fairthorns Croft, New Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0AU 3 October 2019 £340,000
Rowan Cottage, New Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0AU 29 April 2015 £341,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Old Hutton CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.1 km
  2. Castle Park School

    Academy converter

    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.5% 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+
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
57.1%

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

  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    2.5 miles
  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    3.7 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    5.5 miles
  • Loyne Park

    BCT · Whittington

    8.9 miles
  • Loyne Park

    BCT · Whittington

    8.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 005D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,355 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
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 £495,000 from 1 recorded sale in LA8 0AU. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Old Hutton CofE School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

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