LA9 6BB

Kendal Nether · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA9 6BA 98 m
LA9 6AT 151 m
LA9 6AW 185 m
LA9 6AN 221 m
LA9 6AS 237 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA9 6BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA9
Postcode sector
LA9 6
Latitude
54.325436
Longitude
-2.723246
British National Grid easting
353,059
British National Grid northing
492,447

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
E00097848
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 005A · E01019358
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 005 · E02004019

Postcode source versions

Explore LA9

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
26, Castle Green Lane, Kendal, LA9 6BB 7 August 2025 £135,000
31, Castle Green Lane, Kendal, LA9 6BB 31 July 1998 £92,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Castle Park School

    Academy converter

    357 m
  2. Sandgate School

    Community special school

    968 m
  3. Heron Hill Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,103
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 528
  • Public order 133
  • Criminal damage and arson 104
  • Anti social behaviour 84
  • Drugs 61

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

12 female, 11 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
1.5
LA9 6 residents
7,567

Age bands in LA9 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,135 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

755 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.1%

1,777 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,027 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

1,686 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA9 6 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

  • STATION HOUSE SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6SA

    ODS code A82027

    1.3 km

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    1.7 km

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    1.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    0.8 miles
  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    1.4 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    2.7 miles
  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    5.2 miles
  • Gait Barrows

    BCT · Leighton Beck Bridge

    9.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 005A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,503 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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 £135,000 from 1 recorded sale in LA9 6BB. 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. Castle Park School is the nearest published school at 357 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,103 published events cover 12 months, averaging 91.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 528 events.

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