LA8 9JL

Upper Kent · 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA8 9JP 464 m
LA8 9JW 1.5 km
LA8 9JN 1.7 km
LA8 9JJ 1.9 km
LA8 9JH 2.9 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 9JL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 9
Latitude
54.430537
Longitude
-2.839216
British National Grid easting
345,656
British National Grid northing
504,225

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04012618
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00098032
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 002A · E01019387
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 002 · E02004016

Postcode source versions

Explore LA8

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brow Head, Kentmere, Kendal, LA8 9JL 24 February 2021 £750,000
Rawe Cottage, Kentmere, Kendal, LA8 9JL 5 November 2019 £775,000
Old Mill Cottage, Kentmere, Kendal, LA8 9JL 26 July 2018 £500,000

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

11 female, 14 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.8% 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+
90.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
38.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
38.1%
Gigabit-capable
38.1%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
4.8%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    3.9 miles
  • Windermere Rail Station

    RLY · Windermere

    4.4 miles
  • Brockhole Ferry Landing

    FBT · Brockhole

    4.8 miles
  • Brockhole Ferry Landing

    FER · Brockhole

    4.8 miles
  • Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing

    FER · Waterhead

    5.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 002A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,964 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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