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LA8 8PB

Levens and Crooklands · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kendal
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 8PQ 48 m
LA8 8PF 51 m
LA8 8PX 65 m
LA8 8PE 66 m
LA8 8PD 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 8PB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 8
Latitude
54.270027
Longitude
-2.789407
British National Grid easting
348,687
British National Grid northing
486,328

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
E04002624
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00097970
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 010C · E01019377
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 010 · E02004024

Postcode source versions

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Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rockgate, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8PB 20 November 2020 £497,500
Sea View Cottage, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8PB 18 September 2019 £375,000
Sea View, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8PB 27 July 2007 £314,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1

  1. Levens CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    419 m

  2. Crosscrake CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.6 km

  3. Appletree School

    Other independent special school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
30
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Drugs 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

7 female, 5 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.4% 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

  • PARK VIEW SURGERY

    HAVERFLATTS LANE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PS

    ODS code P81113

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    3.6 miles

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    4.7 miles

  • Arnside Rail Station

    RLY · Arnside

    4.9 miles

  • Gait Barrows

    BCT · Leighton Beck Bridge

    5.3 miles

  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    5.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 010C, 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

28,901 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 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.

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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Levens CofE School is the nearest published school at 419 m.

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

Recorded crime

30 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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