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LA9 5ER

Kendal Strickland and Fell · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kendal
Ward
Kendal Strickland and Fell
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Postcode district
LA9
Postcode sector
LA9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA9 5ET 51 m
LA9 5PN 94 m
LA9 5EX 120 m
LA9 5PW 127 m
LA9 5ES 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA9 5ER
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA9
Postcode sector
LA9 5
Latitude
54.334863
Longitude
-2.755616
British National Grid easting
350,965
British National Grid northing
493,518

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Electoral ward
Kendal Strickland and Fell · E05014235
Parish or community
E04002617
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00097934
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 004D · E01019371
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 004 · E02004018

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Coach House, Fairfield Lane, Kendal, LA9 5ER 14 January 2019 £420,000
Flixton House, Fairfield Lane, Kendal, LA9 5ER 2 July 2015 £336,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
9
Secondary
2

  1. Cambian Whinfell School

    Other independent special school

    178 m

  2. St Thomas's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    345 m

  3. Kendal Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    511 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,665
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 748
  • Public order 173
  • Shoplifting 165
  • Criminal damage and arson 152
  • Anti social behaviour 97

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
LA9 5 residents
9,604

Age bands in LA9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,578 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

877 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

2,184 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,707 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

2,077 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA9 5 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
66.7%

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • STATION HOUSE SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6SA

    ODS code A82027

    1.1 km

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    1.4 km

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    2.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    0.7 miles

  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    1.5 miles

  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    2.5 miles

  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    3.8 miles

  • Windermere Rail Station

    RLY · Windermere

    6.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 004D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,148 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Cambian Whinfell School is the nearest published school at 178 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,665 published events cover 12 months, averaging 138.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 748 events.

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