StreetDossier

Spruce Avenue Lancaster

68 addresses across 1 postcode (LA1), about 270 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 19703164.

  • Sales: 122 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £325,000 across 3 sales.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Lancaster cost £203,781 in August 2026 (+4.6% on a year); private rents averaged £830 a month.
  • Energy: 50 homes have an energy certificate (B: 6, C: 19, D: 16, E: 8, F: 1).
  • Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm, is 530 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A6, carries 12,309 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Lancaster costs £2,503 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 62% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Lancaster, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, De Vitre Community Garden, is about 140 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 38 to 42 m above sea level.
  • Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Queen Square Medical Practice, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
  • People: About 190 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 55% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 51 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20263£325,000£235,000£450,000
20256£207,500£145,000£345,000
20243£180,000£180,000£465,000
20234£211,500£153,500£385,000
20213£280,000£121,000£445,000
20202£276,750£268,500£285,000
20193£304,500£120,000£368,000
20183£240,000£192,100£460,000
20165£190,000£162,500£222,500
20151£179,950£179,950£179,950
20142£294,000£240,000£348,000
20112£285,250£250,000£320,500
All 122 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
7 Sep 20061 LA1 5LBDetached£430,000
30 Jun 19991 LA1 5LBDetached£237,500New build.
12 Apr 20112 LA1 5LBDetached£320,500
13 Nov 20002 LA1 5LBDetached£175,000
22 Jun 19992 LA1 5LBDetached£189,950New build.
20 Dec 19993 LA1 5LBDetached£194,500New build.
27 Aug 19994 LA1 5LBDetached£159,995New build.
11 Dec 20015 LA1 5LBDetached£210,000
27 Aug 19995 LA1 5LBDetached£195,000New build.
4 Nov 19996 LA1 5LBDetached£196,000New build.
1 May 20267 LA1 5LBDetached£450,000
10 Dec 19997 LA1 5LBDetached£197,500New build.
22 Jul 20058 LA1 5LBDetached£305,000
17 Sep 19998 LA1 5LBDetached£189,950New build.
12 Dec 20039 LA1 5LBDetached£260,000
16 May 20009 LA1 5LBDetached£117,000New build.
20 Apr 200010 LA1 5LBDetached£169,950New build.
23 Feb 202311 LA1 5LBDetached£385,000
4 Nov 199911 LA1 5LBDetached£169,995New build.
29 Sep 201412 LA1 5LBDetached£348,000
17 Jun 201012 LA1 5LBDetached£323,000
28 Apr 200014 LA1 5LBDetached£164,950New build.
3 Nov 199915 LA1 5LBDetached£199,995New build.
21 Jul 200016 LA1 5LBDetached£180,000New build.
18 Aug 200017 LA1 5LBDetached£199,950New build.
5 Nov 201919 LA1 5LBDetached£368,000
22 Sep 200019 LA1 5LBDetached£166,000New build.
28 Apr 200020 LA1 5LBDetached£165,000New build.
29 Sep 200021 LA1 5LBDetached£149,950New build.
22 Aug 202422 LA1 5LBDetached£465,000
31 May 201922 LA1 5LBDetached£304,500
28 Feb 201922 LA1 5LBDetached£300,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
29 Jun 200022 LA1 5LBDetached£164,950New build.
20 Nov 200023 LA1 5LBDetached£162,000New build.
6 Apr 200524 LA1 5LBDetached£287,500
30 Jun 200024 LA1 5LBDetached£145,000New build.
28 Sep 200125 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£59,950Leasehold.
17 Nov 200026 LA1 5LBDetached£196,000New build.
28 Sep 200127 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£54,000New build. Leasehold.
29 Sep 200028 LA1 5LBDetached£180,000New build.
28 Feb 202529 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£145,000Leasehold.
1 Oct 200129 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£59,950New build. Leasehold.
30 Mar 202130 LA1 5LBDetached£445,000
31 Jul 200030 LA1 5LBDetached£194,500New build.
8 Mar 202431 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£180,000Leasehold.
25 Jul 201931 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£120,000Leasehold.
15 May 200331 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£84,000Leasehold.
28 Sep 200131 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£59,950New build. Leasehold.
15 Aug 201832 LA1 5LBDetached£460,000
16 Aug 200032 LA1 5LBDetached£199,500New build.
16 Nov 202333 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£153,500Leasehold.
26 Feb 202133 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£121,000Leasehold.
6 Oct 200633 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£139,950Leasehold.
22 Dec 200333 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£85,000Leasehold.
26 Oct 200133 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£59,950New build. Leasehold.
25 Oct 200034 LA1 5LBDetached£167,950New build.
21 Dec 201635 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£195,000Leasehold.
21 Jun 200235 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£99,950New build. Leasehold.
22 Sep 200036 LA1 5LBDetached£146,995New build.
27 Jan 202337 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£213,000Leasehold.
6 Dec 200137 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£114,000New build. Leasehold.
5 Oct 202038 LA1 5LBSemi-detached£285,000
1 Dec 201138 LA1 5LBSemi-detached£250,000
26 Apr 200239 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£117,000New build. Leasehold.
30 Nov 202040 LA1 5LBTerraced£268,500
28 May 200840 LA1 5LBTerraced£245,000
9 Jul 200440 LA1 5LBTerraced£197,000
31 Jan 200140 LA1 5LBTerraced£139,950New build.
15 Mar 200241 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£136,750New build. Leasehold.
8 Dec 200042 LA1 5LBDetached£139,950New build.
22 Oct 200143 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£129,950New build. Leasehold.
10 Feb 202144 LA1 5LBTerraced£280,000
16 Feb 200144 LA1 5LBTerraced£139,950New build.
15 Feb 201045 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£207,000Leasehold.
7 Dec 200145 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£106,450New build. Leasehold.
23 Sep 200546 LA1 5LBTerraced£234,000
18 Jun 200146 LA1 5LBTerraced£139,950New build.
1 Dec 202547 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£250,000Leasehold.
31 Aug 201847 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£240,000Leasehold.
25 Oct 200147 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£123,950New build. Leasehold.
19 Feb 202648 LA1 5LBTerraced£325,000
4 Mar 201648 LA1 5LBTerraced£222,500
17 Aug 200148 LA1 5LBTerraced£130,000New build.
29 Mar 201649 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£170,000Leasehold.
25 Jun 200249 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£110,000New build. Leasehold.
13 Dec 202451 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£180,000Leasehold.
31 Jul 200251 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£104,500New build. Leasehold.
26 Oct 201853 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£192,100Leasehold.
11 Mar 201653 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£162,500Leasehold.
22 Jul 200553 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£148,000Leasehold.
31 May 200253 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£103,000Leasehold.
4 Apr 200755 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£200,000Leasehold.
22 May 200355 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£129,950New build. Leasehold.
22 Jun 202657 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£235,000Leasehold.
2 Sep 201457 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£240,000Leasehold.
15 Feb 200257 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£128,950New build. Leasehold.
21 Dec 200159 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£109,950Leasehold.
8 Jan 200261 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£124,950Leasehold.
3 Jan 202563 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£187,000Leasehold.
16 Sep 200963 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£175,000Leasehold.
7 Jul 200563 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£163,000Leasehold.
18 Apr 200263 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£109,950New build. Leasehold.
18 May 202165 LA1 5LBOther£160,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
12 Sep 200265 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£119,950New build. Leasehold.
28 Sep 202367 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£210,000Leasehold.
11 Dec 201567 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£179,950Leasehold.
30 Aug 200567 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£152,500Leasehold.
14 Nov 200367 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£147,000Leasehold.
1 Jul 200267 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£129,950New build. Leasehold.
1 Nov 200269 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£129,950New build. Leasehold.
30 Nov 200171 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£139,950New build. Leasehold.
14 Mar 202573 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£205,000Leasehold.
15 Jan 201673 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£190,000Leasehold.
27 Oct 200673 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£203,000Leasehold.
30 Nov 200173 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£119,950New build. Leasehold.
12 Dec 200175 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£139,950New build. Leasehold.
2 Jun 202579 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£210,000Leasehold.
22 Nov 200479 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£166,000Leasehold.
24 Oct 200379 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£137,995New build. Leasehold.
31 Mar 202581 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£345,000Leasehold.
9 Oct 200281 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£220,000Leasehold.
12 Aug 200383 LA1 5LBFlat or maisonette£170,000New build. Leasehold.

House prices and rents in Lancaster

A typical home in Lancaster cost £203,781 in August 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 22% more than five years earlier and 47% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£347,475
Semi-detached£226,826
Terraced£182,595
Flat or maisonette£116,419
Bought by a first-time buyer£181,499

Private renters in Lancaster paid £830 a month on average in September 2026, 6.6% more than a year before. That is 32% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£606
Two bedrooms£758
Three bedrooms£933
Four or more bedrooms£1,235

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from April 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

50 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 114 m². Most common: Flat (24); House, detached (21); House, end-terrace (3). Built: 1996-2002 (43); 2003-2006 (5); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (40); rented (private) (6).

Each home's certificates and sales (50 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 13,886 kWh of it on average in 2024, 33% more than the district's 10,479 kWh, and 3,352 kWh of electricity, 8% more than the district's 3,095 kWh. There are gas meters for about 56% of the homes.

These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is LA1.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

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.

ABCDEFGH
£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 (39% of about 880 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

9 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm Lancaster 21/01247/FUL Solar farm 16.5 MW Being built 530 m (0.3 miles)
Lancaster Wastewater Treatment Works Lancaster LCC/2016/0065 Solar farm 1.2 MW Operational Apr 2016 1.6 km (1 mile)
Arna Wood Solar Lancaster 14/00907/FUL Solar farm 6.2 MW Operational Mar 2017 1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Burrow Beck - Solar farm Lancaster 23/01383/FUL Solar farm 4 MW Permission granted, not yet built Jan 2025 1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Lancaster University (wind) Lancaster 10/01061/FUL Wind 1 turbine 2 MW Operational Feb 2013 3.1 km (1.9 miles)
Lune Power Landfill Gas 2 MW Operational Mar 2000 3.4 km (2.1 miles)
Salt Ayre Landfill Gas 4 MW Operational Mar 2000 3.4 km (2.1 miles)
Heysham South Wind Farm Lancaster 11/00689/FUL Wind 3 turbines 7.5 MW Operational Apr 2015 4.2 km (2.6 miles)
Fanny House Farm/Heysham Moss Lancaster 11/00073/FUL Wind 1 turbine, 110 m tall 1.5 MW Operational Feb 2015 4.7 km (2.9 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 10 to 30%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 68 addresses are between 38 m and 42 m above sea level (40 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
LA1 5LB100%62%62%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsLancaster 2.2 million journeys in 2024–251.9 km (1.2 miles)
Bare Lane 119,000 journeys in 2024–255.3 km (3.3 miles)
Morecambe 175,000 journeys in 2024–256.2 km (3.9 miles)
Bus stops4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 32 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Islamic College Haverbreaks170 m
Bus or coach stationBus Station Lancaster City Centre2.1 km (1.3 miles)
Ferry terminalHeysham Ferry Terminal7.3 km (4.5 miles)
Car parksAuction Mart Car Park1.5 km (0.9 miles)
EV charging points2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest evyve Charging Station1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLeeds Bradford Airport LBA77.1 km (48 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeriesQueen Square Medical Practice Good Jan 20161.6 km (1 mile)
Pharmacies2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Higher Greaves Pharmacy460 m (0.3 miles)
NHS dentists2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust1.1 km (0.7 miles)
HospitalRoyal Lancaster Infirmary1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Care homes3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Nazareth House - Lancaster Good Jul 2023580 m (0.4 miles)
Police stationLancaster Constabulary1.6 km (1 mile)
Cash machines1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bowling Green Service Station Cashzone520 m (0.3 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest De Vitre Community Garden 3,130 m²140 m
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Unnamed 3.6 ha600 m (0.4 miles)
Play area6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,030 m²120 m
Playing field4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.8 ha70 m
Allotments3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha210 m

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 3.9 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Royal Albert Hospital (original part only), a listed building (Grade II*), 250 m north. 17 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Royal Albert Hospital (original part only)Listed building, Grade II*250 m north
Chapel of Ripley St Thomas SchoolListed building, Grade II*870 m (0.5 miles) north
Ashton Memorial Gardens and Williamson ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east
Glass melting and annealing workshop; part of Shrigley and Hunt's stained glass manufacturing workshopsScheduled monument2 km (1.2 miles) north
Lancaster CemeteryRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Black WoodWood1.3 km (0.8 miles) east
Burrow HeightsHill1.7 km (1 mile) south
Blea Tarn ReservoirLake or reservoir2.2 km (1.3 miles) south-east
Hamilton PlantationWood2.2 km (1.3 miles) south-west
Aldcliffe MarshWetland2.3 km (1.4 miles) west
Hazelrigg WoodWood2.3 km (1.5 miles) south-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)5.24010
Fine particles (PM2.5)5.2205
Particles (PM10)8.44015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
60 to 64012
55 to 5907
Under 556849

19 of the street's 68 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.

Climate, daylight and earthquakes

Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Lancaster: see them on the Lancaster page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary3–11410 m (0.3 miles) Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 73% in 2023)
Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademySecondary11–18830 m (0.5 miles) Outstanding (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.1 (50.7 in 2025 and 53.9 in 2024); 55.1% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; 8.8% AAB or better; progress above average
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Roman CatholicPrimary4–111 km (0.6 miles) Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 79% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 28% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 79% in 2023)
Moorside Primary SchoolPrimary5–111.1 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 74% in 2024 and 62% in 2023)
Bowerham Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary2–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 68% in 2023)
Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary11–181.6 km (1 mile) Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 72.1 (73.4 in 2025 and 73.7 in 2024); 95.8% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B; 34.1% AAB or better; progress average
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.7 km (1 mile) Report card (Jul 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 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 57% in 2023)
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.7 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection 80% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 79% in 2023)
Lancaster Royal Grammar School ChristianSecondary11–181.9 km (1.2 miles) Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Post-16 provision: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 71.6 (74.1 in 2025 and 72.0 in 2024); 94.1% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B+; 37.9% AAB or better; progress above average

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.3 km (0.8 miles); the nearest is 410 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Scotforth After School Club LA1 4SE Out-of-school day care 70 Nov 2025: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 2 410 m (0.3 miles)
Nazareth House Day Nursery LA1 5AQ Full day care 67 Good (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 580 m (0.4 miles)
Brookdale Day Nursery Ltd LA1 4QJ Full day care 49 Nov 2025: Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 2 660 m (0.4 miles)
Moorside After School Club LA1 4HT Out-of-school day care 110 Not inspected yet 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Bowerham Primary and Nursery School Baby Unit LA1 4BS Sessional day care 12 Not inspected yet 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Bowerham Kids Club LA1 4BS Out-of-school day care 100 Not inspected yet 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Lancaster Day Nursery LA1 4RP Full day care 66 Outstanding (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.2 km (0.8 miles)
Tiny Treasures LA1 4HX Full day care 30 Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Stagecoach Lancaster LA1 3JD Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
University of Cumbria Pre-School Centre LA1 3JD Full day care 86 Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)

Ofsted also registers 428 childminders and 26 home childcarers (nannies) in Lancashire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
DeVitre Day Centre LA1 5ALHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises90 m5 Very good6 Dec 2023
Jamea Al Kauthar - Main Kitchen LA1 5AJSchool/college/university230 m5 Very good19 Mar 2026
The Orchard LSCFT LA1 4JJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises240 m5 Very good29 Jan 2025
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust LA1 4JJOther catering premises240 mAwaiting inspection
Apple Tree Cafe (The Orchard) LA1 4JJRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen240 m5 Very good5 Jun 2024
Scotforth St Pauls CE Primary School LA1 4SESchool/college/university410 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good3 Sep 2025
Scrumptious Takeaway LA1 4SATakeaway/sandwich shop450 m (0.3 miles)3 Generally satisfactory11 Jun 2025
Scotforth Local Store LA1 4SARetailers - other450 m (0.3 miles)4 Good25 Jun 2025
Mr Wang Chinese Takeaway LA1 4SATakeaway/sandwich shop450 m (0.3 miles)4 Good15 Jan 2026
Wobbly Cobbler LA1 4SAPub/bar/nightclub450 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good6 Feb 2024
Neptune Fish and Chips LA1 4STTakeaway/sandwich shop460 m (0.3 miles)4 Good1 Sep 2026
Nana V's Ltd LA1 4STTakeaway/sandwich shop460 m (0.3 miles)Awaiting inspection

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

51 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences18
Anti-social behaviour12
Criminal damage and arson8
Public order5
Vehicle crime3
Burglary3
Other crime1
Other theft1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Pathfinders Drive (39); On or near Acorn Close (7); On or near Lindbergh Avenue (2); On or near A588 (1); On or near Highgrove Road (1).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A6 between Collingham Park and A588, with 12,309 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 360 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A6 Collingham Park to A588 12,309 counted 2025 2% -17% since 2015 360 m

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 189 residents in 92 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age5240
Children under 1513%17%
Aged 65 and over25%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)78%61%
Owned outright49%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented4%17%
Private rented17%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work56%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)1%6%
Retired (of adults)31%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)3%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)39%32%
Travel to work by car or van40%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram1%4%
By any public transport, including bus2%8%
On foot or by bicycle16%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)68%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away11%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)55%34%
No qualifications13%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification4%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)95%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Energy certificates New energy certificate: band D, house, detached (lodged 21 October 2026) found 2 November 2026

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • LA1 5LB: 68 addresses of 70 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Cherry Tree Drive · Acorn Close · Pathfinders Drive · Parsons Close · Highgrove Road · Meadow Lane · Lindbergh Avenue · Piccadilly · Old Quarry Lane · Ardengate · Farm Lane · Caspian Way

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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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • 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 industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.