LA8 0LP

Kendal South · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA8 0LS 49 m
LA9 7PR 653 m
LA9 7PT 655 m
LA9 7PS 682 m
LA9 7TE 694 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 0LP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 0
Latitude
54.291786
Longitude
-2.718953
British National Grid easting
353,300
British National Grid northing
488,700

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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
16
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. St Mark's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km
  2. Appletree School

    Other independent special school

    1.4 km
  3. Crosscrake CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
60
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 28
  • Other theft 6
  • Public order 5
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Drugs 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    2.6 km

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    4.0 km

  • STATION HOUSE SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6SA

    ODS code A82027

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    0.9 miles
  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    2.9 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    4.8 miles
  • Gait Barrows

    BCT · Leighton Beck Bridge

    7.5 miles
  • Triangle

    BCT · Yealand Redmayne

    8.2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Mark's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

60 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 28 events.

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