LA8 0BT

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 0BN 611 m
LA8 0BS 1.1 km
LA8 9DG 1.3 km
LA8 9DB 1.4 km
LA8 0BL 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 0BT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 0
Latitude
54.370036
Longitude
-2.575249
British National Grid easting
362,725
British National Grid northing
497,321

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002646
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00098017
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 009C · E01019384
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 009 · E02004023

Postcode source versions

Explore LA8

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Whins, Howgill, Kendal, LA8 0BT 1 August 2025 £540,000
Low Wilkinson, Howgill, Kendal, LA8 0BT 4 March 2005 £377,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Grayrigg CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 3
  • Drugs 1
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.2% 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
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

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    7.1 miles
  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    7.4 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    7.8 miles
  • Tree Cross

    BCT · Leck

    12.9 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Cowan Bridge

    13.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 009C, 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

20,112 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 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
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 £540,000 from 1 recorded sale in LA8 0BT. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Grayrigg CofE School is the nearest published school at 3.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 3 events.

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