LA8 9JX

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 9AZ 525 m
LA8 9LA 600 m
LA8 9JY 916 m
LA8 9LQ 951 m
LA8 9LD 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 9JX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 9
Latitude
54.384957
Longitude
-2.727896
British National Grid easting
352,825
British National Grid northing
499,073

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04013023
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00098082
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 005D · E01019394
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 005 · E02004019

Postcode source versions

Explore LA8

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rosewood, Selside, Kendal, LA8 9JX 12 February 2025 £415,000
Watchgate, 1, Selside, Kendal, LA8 9JX 26 October 2023 £375,000
South Gateside, Selside, Kendal, LA8 9JX 14 October 2020 £615,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Selside Endowed CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  2. St Oswald's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
54

28 female, 26 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.3
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 1.7% 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+
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.

Nearby transport

  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    2.6 miles
  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    3.7 miles
  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    3.7 miles
  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    5.5 miles
  • Windermere Rail Station

    RLY · Windermere

    7.1 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
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 £395,000 from 2 recorded sales in LA8 9JX. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Selside Endowed CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 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.