LA8 9PH

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 9NU 148 m
LA8 9NY 153 m
LA8 9LY 175 m
LA8 9NS 190 m
LA8 9NX 191 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 9PH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 9
Latitude
54.379260
Longitude
-2.820217
British National Grid easting
346,822
British National Grid northing
498,505

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002640
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00098030
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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Property

At this postcode

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26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Brow Lane, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9PH 2 June 2025 £290,000
Sunny Brow Garth, Brow Lane, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9PH 22 March 2024 £520,000
Sunny Brow Cottages, 1, Brow Lane, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9PH 24 October 2023 £570,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Staveley CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    100 m
  2. Cairn Education CIC

    Other independent special school

    434 m
  3. St Oswald's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
46
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 25
  • Other theft 5
  • Other crime 3
  • Public order 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
70

33 female, 37 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
2.7
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 2.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA8 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
84.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
84.4%
Gigabit-capable
84.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

    0.3 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    2.7 miles
  • Windermere Rail Station

    RLY · Windermere

    3.4 miles
  • Windermere Steam Boat Museum Ferry Terminal

    FBT · Bowness on Windermere

    4.2 miles
  • Windermere Steam Boat Museum Ferry Terminal

    FER · Bowness on Windermere

    4.2 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
10
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £545,000 from 6 recorded sales in LA8 9PH. 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

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Staveley CofE School is the nearest published school at 100 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

46 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 25 events.

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