LA8 9QX

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 9QY 715 m
LA8 9JF 1.1 km
LA8 9JG 1.2 km
LA8 9JE 1.2 km
LA8 9QZ 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA8 9QX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA8
Postcode sector
LA8 9
Latitude
54.395576
Longitude
-2.809068
British National Grid easting
347,567
British National Grid northing
500,312

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
E00098032
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 002A · E01019387
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 002 · E02004016

Postcode source versions

Explore LA8

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brunt Knott Farm, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9QX 25 March 2025 £420,000
Brunt Knott Farm, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9QX 23 July 2001 £600,000
Upper High House, 1, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9QX 1 November 2000 £90,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km
  2. Cairn Education CIC

    Other independent special school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

5 female, 1 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.2% 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

  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    1.4 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    3.3 miles
  • Windermere Rail Station

    RLY · Windermere

    4.0 miles
  • Windermere Steam Boat Museum Ferry Terminal

    FBT · Bowness on Windermere

    4.9 miles
  • Windermere Steam Boat Museum Ferry Terminal

    FER · Bowness on Windermere

    4.9 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
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 £420,000 from 1 recorded sale in LA8 9QX. 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 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Staveley CofE School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 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.