LA9 6BL

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 6BD 20 m
LA9 6BS 88 m
LA9 6BW 113 m
LA9 4RG 131 m
LA9 6FT 179 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA9 6BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA9
Postcode sector
LA9 6
Latitude
54.332710
Longitude
-2.744842
British National Grid easting
351,663
British National Grid northing
493,271

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
E00097898
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 003C · E01019365
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 003 · E02004017

Postcode source versions

Explore LA9

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Riverview, Beezon Fields, Kendal, LA9 6BL 22 July 2021 £270,000
Beezon Chambers, Sandes Avenue, Kendal, LA9 6BL 29 November 2019 £4,900,000
Beezon Chambers, Sandes Avenue, Kendal, LA9 6BL 12 May 2014 £5,330,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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

    Academy converter

    327 m
  2. Kendal Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    624 m
  3. South Lakes Academy

    Other independent special school

    686 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,922
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 875
  • Public order 198
  • Criminal damage and arson 178
  • Shoplifting 166
  • Drugs 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
50%

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

    357 m

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    1.1 km

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    2.3 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

    0.2 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    1.8 miles
  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    2.1 miles
  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    4.2 miles
  • Arnside Rail Station

    RLY · Arnside

    9.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 003C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,799 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
2 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
2
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. Stramongate Primary School is the nearest published school at 327 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,922 published events cover 12 months, averaging 160.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 875 events.

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