Lancaster
31 addresses across 1 postcode (LA5), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 19702558.
20 homes have an energy certificate (C: 10, D: 9, E: 1). 27 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Lancaster costs £2,503 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Carnforth, about 920 m away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 760 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 26 to 28 m above sea level. 26 of its 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Ash Trees Surgery, about 790 m away. About 190 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 30% of households owned their home and 15% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 64 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
20 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 53 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (9); House, end-terrace (4); Flat (4). Built: 1976-1982 (10); 1967-1975 (7); 1950-1966 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (private) (2); rented (social) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Lancaster in 2026-27: Band D £2,503 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,669 | £1,947 | £2,225 | £2,503 | £3,059 | £3,616 | £4,172 | £5,006 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (91% of about 660 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Lundsfield Quarry, Kellet Road: up to 250 homes, not permissioned (580 m)
- Windermere Road Garages: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (590 m)
- Former Co-Op Building, John Street: up to 6 homes, permissioned (710 m)
- Norjac Service Station, Scotland Road, Carnforth, LA5 9JZ, permissioned (730 m)
- 2-4 New Street: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (790 m)
- Former TDG Site, Warton Road, Carnforth, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 12 addresses are in areas at high risk, 15 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 30 homes the Environment Agency counts, 12 are in areas at high risk, 15 medium, 2 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The street's 31 addresses are between 26 m and 28 m above sea level (27 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA5 9XL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Carnforth 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 920 m |
| Silverdale 48,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km | |
| Bare Lane 119,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 22 within 800 m; nearest High School Carnforth | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lancaster City Centre | 8.6 km |
| Ferry terminal | Heysham Ferry Terminal | 14.2 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 750 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 77.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Ash Trees Surgery | 790 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 730 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 630 m |
| Hospital | Ridge Lea Hospital | 8.6 km |
| Police station | Morecambe Police Station | 8.5 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Carnforth Cashzone | 820 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 690 m² | 760 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 260 m² | 450 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,970 m² | 400 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,290 m² | 200 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Leapers Wood | Wood | 720 m south-east |
| Bowman Stout Wood | Wood | 1.1 km south-east |
| Wood Tarn Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km north-west |
| Whorleys Moss | Wood | 1.4 km south |
| Hagg Wood | Wood | 1.5 km north-west |
| Hunting Hill | Hill | 1.5 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 25 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 31 |
26 of the street's 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnforth High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 170 m | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 310 m | No published inspection |
| Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 600 m | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Carnforth Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 640 m | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnforth Free Methodist Church | Other catering premises | 80 m | 5 Very good | 20 May 2025 |
| Highfield Fisheries LA5 9AH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 100 m | 4 Good | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Carnforth High School LA5 9LS | School/college/university | 110 m | 5 Very good | 13 Apr 2026 |
| Carnforth Community Swimming Pool LA5 9LS | Other catering premises | 110 m | 5 Very good | 6 Nov 2025 |
| The Headteacher LA5 9LS | School/college/university | 110 m | 5 Very good | 9 Dec 2025 |
| Spar LA5 9AJ | Retailers - other | 170 m | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Lakeland House LA5 9LP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 290 m | 5 Very good | 16 Nov 2023 |
| Gummers Howe Community Centre LA5 9BH | Other catering premises | 300 m | 5 Very good | 12 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 15 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Public order | 6 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Highfield Road (16); On or near Kellet Road (14); On or near Arnhem Road (10); On or near Hard Knott Rise (9); On or near Russell Road (6).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 18% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 55% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 39% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 7% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 37% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- LA5 9XL: 31 addresses
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.