LA8 9DL

Upper Kent · 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA8 9DN 83 m
LA8 9DW 133 m
LA8 9EP 153 m
LA8 9DP 229 m
LA8 9DJ 443 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 9DL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 9
Latitude
54.354803
Longitude
-2.708637
British National Grid easting
354,042
British National Grid northing
495,705

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04012619
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00168541
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 005D · E01019394
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 005 · E02004019

Postcode source versions

Explore LA8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. The Queen Katherine School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  2. Sandgate School

    Community special school

    3.1 km
  3. Castle Park School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Drugs 3
  • Robbery 1
  • Burglary 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
LA8 9 residents
3,258

Age bands in LA8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

488 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

318 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

716 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

1,136 residents

Age 65 and over
28%

1,036 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA8 9 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+
92.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
92.3%
Gigabit-capable
92.3%
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

2

within 5 km

  • STATION HOUSE SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6SA

    ODS code A82027

    3.2 km

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    4.4 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

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    2.0 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    2.3 miles
  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    3.5 miles
  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    4.7 miles
  • Gait Barrows

    BCT · Leighton Beck Bridge

    11.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 005D, 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

17,355 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 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
4
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

16 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Queen Katherine School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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