LA9 7FY

Kendal South · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA9 7FZ 61 m
LA9 7ES 178 m
LA9 7ER 185 m
LA9 7TE 221 m
LA9 7PR 297 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA9 7FY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA9
Postcode sector
LA9 7
Latitude
54.295363
Longitude
-2.729294
British National Grid easting
352,631
British National Grid northing
489,105

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002635
Westminster constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale · E14001580
Output area
E00098002
Lower layer super output area
South Lakeland 010D · E01019383
Middle layer super output area
South Lakeland 010 · E02004024

Postcode source versions

Explore LA9

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
77, Castlestead View, Oxenholme, Kendal, LA9 7FY 28 March 2025 £180,000
34, Castlestead View, Oxenholme, Kendal, LA9 7FY 21 March 2025 £61,250
65, Castlestead View, Oxenholme, Kendal, LA9 7FY 7 March 2023 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. St Mark's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    494 m
  2. Appletree School

    Other independent special school

    708 m
  3. Crosscrake CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
173
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 99
  • Public order 22
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Other theft 12
  • Anti social behaviour 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA9 7 residents
10,561

Age bands in LA9 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

1,418 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

934 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

2,265 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

3,067 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

2,868 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

  • THE JAMES COCHRANE PRACT.

    BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR

    ODS code A82026

    2.0 km

  • CAPTAIN FRENCH SURGERY

    THE GILLINGGATE CENTRE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE

    ODS code A82025

    3.4 km

  • STATION HOUSE SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6SA

    ODS code A82027

    4.1 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station

    RLY · Oxenholme

    0.7 miles
  • Kendal Rail Station

    RLY · Kendal

    2.6 miles
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Burneside

    4.4 miles
  • Staveley Rail Station

    RLY · Staveley

    6.6 miles
  • Gait Barrows

    BCT · Leighton Beck Bridge

    7.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Lakeland 010D, 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

28,254 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £180,000 from 3 recorded sales in LA9 7FY. 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Mark's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 494 m.

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

Recorded crime

173 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 99 events.

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