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LA8 8BQ

Levens and Crooklands · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Levens and Crooklands
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA8 8BH 107 m
LA9 5RJ 547 m
LA9 5RN 827 m
LA9 5FL 896 m
LA9 5FN 954 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 8BQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 8
Latitude
54.309436
Longitude
-2.771518
British National Grid easting
349,900
British National Grid northing
490,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Electoral ward
Levens and Crooklands · E05014238
Parish or community
E04002611
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00097999
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 010D · E01019383
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 010 · E02004024

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. Vicarage Park CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km

  2. Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

  3. Kendal College

    Further education

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
79
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 37
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Public order 7
  • Vehicle crime 7
  • Drugs 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA8 8 residents
2,747

Age bands in LA8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

360 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.2%

210 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

475 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

926 residents

Age 65 and over
32.2%

935 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

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    2.2 km

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    2.3 km

  • STATION HOUSE SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6SA

    ODS code A82027

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    2.0 miles

  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    2.0 miles

  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    3.2 miles

  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    5.0 miles

  • Arnside Rail Station

    RLY · Arnside

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Vicarage Park CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

79 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 37 events.

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