LA9 5QH

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 5QQ 40 m
LA9 5QJ 55 m
LA9 5QL 61 m
LA9 5AU 78 m
LA9 5AX 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA9 5QH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA9
Postcode sector
LA9 5
Latitude
54.319023
Longitude
-2.744625
British National Grid easting
351,661
British National Grid northing
491,748

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
E00097887
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 004C · E01019364
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 004 · E02004018

Postcode source versions

Explore LA9

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, South Road, Kendal, LA9 5QH 30 May 2024 £275,000
7b, South Road, Kendal, LA9 5QH 24 January 2023 £255,000
7a, South Road, Kendal, LA9 5QH 23 October 2020 £178,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Kendal College

    Further education

    193 m
  2. Kirkbie Kendal School

    Academy converter

    285 m
  3. Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal

    Academy converter

    468 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,629
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 747
  • Public order 189
  • Criminal damage and arson 149
  • Shoplifting 129
  • Anti social behaviour 102

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

9 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
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 0.2% 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
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

    554 m

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    856 m

  • STATION HOUSE SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6SA

    ODS code A82027

    1.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    0.9 miles
  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    1.3 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    2.6 miles
  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    4.9 miles
  • Arnside Rail Station

    RLY · Arnside

    8.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 004C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,599 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

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
9
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 £265,000 from 2 recorded sales in LA9 5QH. 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Kendal College is the nearest published school at 193 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,629 published events cover 12 months, averaging 135.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 747 events.

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