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LA8 9LL

Upper Kent · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Upper Kent
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA8 9AA 242 m
LA8 9QU 789 m
LA8 9AB 849 m
LA8 9HL 1.1 km
LA8 9HY 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 9LL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 9
Latitude
54.378032
Longitude
-2.790094
British National Grid easting
348,777
British National Grid northing
498,346

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Electoral ward
Upper Kent · E05014247
Parish or community
E04002640
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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Cairn Education CIC

    Other independent special school

    1.7 km

  2. Staveley CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km

  3. St Oswald's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Other crime 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

Nearby transport

  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    1.2 miles

  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    1.9 miles

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    3.8 miles

  • Windermere Rail Station

    RLY · Windermere

    4.6 miles

  • Windermere Steam Boat Museum Ferry Terminal

    FBT · Bowness on Windermere

    5.4 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cairn Education CIC is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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