LA8 8HL

Bowness and Lyth · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA8 8HQ 150 m
LA8 8HH 258 m
LA8 8HN 261 m
LA8 8BA 308 m
LA8 8HG 536 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 8HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 8
Latitude
54.321429
Longitude
-2.819941
British National Grid easting
346,765
British National Grid northing
492,070

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002656
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00097777
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 003A · E01019346
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 003 · E02004017

Postcode source versions

Explore LA8

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Brookfield, Underbarrow, Kendal, LA8 8HL 17 October 2025 £250,000
1, Brookfield, Underbarrow, Kendal, LA8 8HL 8 September 2023 £356,675
3, Brookfield, Underbarrow, Kendal, LA8 8HL 6 November 2009 £192,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Crosthwaite CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.5 km
  2. Cambian Whinfell School

    Other independent special school

    4.3 km
  3. Ghyllside Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Possession of weapons 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.5
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA8 8 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    4.7 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

  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    3.2 miles
  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    3.3 miles
  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    3.7 miles
  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    4.1 miles
  • Bowness Ferry Nab

    FER · Bowness on Windermere

    5.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 003A, 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

19,460 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £303,338 from 2 recorded sales in LA8 8HL. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Crosthwaite CofE School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 1 events.

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