LA16 postcode district: Askam in Furness and around, Westmorland and Furness

LA16 is a postcode district in England, with 112 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Askam in Furness and Barrow-in-Furness. Its council is Westmorland and Furness.

Postcodes in use
112
Sectors
1
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Places
2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in LA16, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in LA16, by flood risk Of the 112 postcodes in LA16 that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 7 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Askam in Furness, Dalton-in-Furness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A590 LA16 7AA: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AG: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AH: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AJ: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AL: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AQ: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AS: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AT: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AU: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AX: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AZ: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BB: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BD: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BE: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BG: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BJ: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BL: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BP: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BQ: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BS: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BW: not on the flood risk listLA16 7BX: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DA: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DB: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DF: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DL: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DN: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DP: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DR: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DT: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DW: not on the flood risk listLA16 7DY: not on the flood risk listLA16 7ER: not on the flood risk listLA16 7ES: not on the flood risk listLA16 7EU: not on the flood risk listLA16 7EW: not on the flood risk listLA16 7EX: not on the flood risk listLA16 7EY: not on the flood risk listLA16 7EZ: not on the flood risk listLA16 7FB: not on the flood risk listLA16 7FD: not on the flood risk listLA16 7FE: not on the flood risk listLA16 7FF: not on the flood risk listLA16 7FG: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HB: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HD: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HF: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HH: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HP: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HQ: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HR: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HS: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HT: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HW: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HX: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HY: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HZ: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JA: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JB: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JD: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JF: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JP: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JS: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JT: not on the flood risk listLA16 7AD: low flood risk at worstLA16 7AE: low flood risk at worstLA16 7AF: low flood risk at worstLA16 7BN: low flood risk at worstLA16 7BT: low flood risk at worstLA16 7BU: low flood risk at worstLA16 7BY: low flood risk at worstLA16 7BZ: low flood risk at worstLA16 7DG: low flood risk at worstLA16 7DQ: low flood risk at worstLA16 7DS: low flood risk at worstLA16 7EF: low flood risk at worstLA16 7EG: low flood risk at worstLA16 7EQ: low flood risk at worstLA16 7FL: low flood risk at worstLA16 7FN: low flood risk at worstLA16 7HA: low flood risk at worstLA16 7HG: low flood risk at worstLA16 7JR: low flood risk at worstLA16 7AR: medium flood risk at worstLA16 7DJ: medium flood risk at worstLA16 7AN: high flood riskLA16 7AP: high flood riskLA16 7AW: high flood riskLA16 7DX: high flood riskLA16 7DZ: high flood riskLA16 7EA: high flood riskLA16 7EB: high flood riskLA16 7ED: high flood riskLA16 7EH: high flood riskLA16 7EN: high flood riskLA16 7HE: high flood riskLA16 7HJ: high flood risk Askam in FurnessDalton-in-Furness 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LA16 7HJ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LA16 7EN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in LA16, by flood risk Of the 112 postcodes in LA16 that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 7 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Askam in Furness, Dalton-in-Furness. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A590 Askam in FurnessDalton-in-Furness 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LA16 7EN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 13
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 21
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 74
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 112 postcodes in LA16 that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.1869, longitude -3.2033. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

13 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

LA16 7AP11 at high riskLA16 7HJ6 at high riskLA16 7EA4 at high riskLA16 7EH4 at high riskLA16 7DZ4 at high riskLA16 7AW3 at high riskLA16 7EB3 at high riskLA16 7ED3 at high riskLA16 7AN1 at high riskLA16 7DX1 at high riskLA16 7EN1 at high riskLA16 7HE1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA16 7HJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA16 7EN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What broadband can you get in LA16?

Ofcom reports on 112 of the 112 postcodes in LA16. At 97 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit97 of 112
Postcodes where every home can get superfast109 of 112

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is LA16 at risk of flooding?

38 of the 112 postcodes in LA16 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 78 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 38 of 112 postcodes High: 43Medium: 35Low: 169Very low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in LA16?

Homes in LA16 sold for a typical £267,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 52 sales, up 7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£267,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£249,950
12 months to August 2026
£267,500

▲ up 7% on the 12 months before

Detached£385,000 24 sales
Semi-detached£244,975 12 sales
Terraced£122,750 16 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in LA16

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

LA16 7112 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in LA16

Towns and villages with postcodes in LA16, and how many each has here.

Askam in Furness postcodes,103Barrow-in-Furness postcodes,1

Who covers LA16

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Barrow and Furness112

Police force areas

  • Cumbria112

Next to LA16

LA15 postcode district LA17 postcode district All LA districts Askam in Furness postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after LA16 in the LA area.

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