LA9 5FY

Kendal Highgate · 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
LA9
Postcode sector
LA9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA9 5FX 32 m
LA9 5FT 62 m
LA9 5FW 104 m
LA9 5RP 130 m
LA9 5EB 180 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA9 5FY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA9
Postcode sector
LA9 5
Latitude
54.320192
Longitude
-2.761911
British National Grid easting
350,538
British National Grid northing
491,890

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002617
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00097867
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 006A · E01019361
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 006 · E02004020

Postcode source versions

Explore LA9

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Walnut Close, Kendal, LA9 5FY 31 March 2025 £532,950
7, Walnut Close, Kendal, LA9 5FY 21 March 2025 £639,995
18, Walnut Close, Kendal, LA9 5FY 19 March 2025 £339,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Ghyllside Primary School

    Academy converter

    593 m
  2. Vicarage Park CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    727 m
  3. Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal

    Academy converter

    837 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,181
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 538
  • Public order 137
  • Criminal damage and arson 102
  • Shoplifting 99
  • Anti social behaviour 82

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    941 m

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    1.8 km

  • STATION HOUSE SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6SA

    ODS code A82027

    2.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    1.2 miles
  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    1.9 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    2.4 miles
  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    4.5 miles
  • Arnside Rail Station

    RLY · Arnside

    8.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 006A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,662 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Property market

The five-year median is £498,495 from 13 recorded sales in LA9 5FY. 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ghyllside Primary School is the nearest published school at 593 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,181 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 538 events.

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