Askam in Furness

Askam in Furness is covered by postcode district LA16. It is in the Westmorland and Furness council area, England.

Typical price £255,000 Homes sold in Askam in Furness, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 92 of 103 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 33 of 103 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Askam in Furness, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Askam in Furness, by flood risk Of the 103 postcodes in Askam in Furness that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 70 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. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A595 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 7AY: 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 7BH: 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 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 7EL: not on the flood risk listLA16 7EP: not on the flood risk listLA16 7ER: not on the flood risk listLA16 7ES: not on the flood risk listLA16 7ET: 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 7FA: 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 7FH: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HB: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HH: not on the flood risk listLA16 7HN: 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 7JE: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JF: not on the flood risk listLA16 7JG: 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 7EE: low flood risk at worstLA16 7EF: low flood risk at worstLA16 7EG: low flood risk at worstLA16 7EJ: low flood risk at worstLA16 7EQ: low flood risk at worstLA16 7FL: low flood risk at worstLA16 7FN: low flood risk at worstLA16 7HG: low flood risk at worstLA16 7JR: low flood risk at worstLA16 7AR: medium flood risk at worstLA16 7DE: medium flood risk at worstLA16 7DH: medium flood risk at worstLA16 7DJ: medium flood risk at worstLA16 7AP: 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 7HJ: high flood riskLA16 7HL: high flood risk Askam 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 Askam in Furness, by flood risk Of the 103 postcodes in Askam in Furness that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 70 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. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A595 Askam in Furness
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 20
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 70
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 103 postcodes in Askam in Furness that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 70 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.1875, longitude -3.2036. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The postcodes at high 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 7EB3 at high riskLA16 7ED3 at high riskLA16 7EN1 at high riskLA16 7HL1 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 is it like to live in Askam in Furness?

Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 92 of the 103 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 33 of its 103 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Askam, 150 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Askam in Furness?

Homes in Askam in Furness sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 51 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £263,500 from 66 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£255,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£263,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £375,000 21 sales
  • Semi-detached £230,000 14 sales
  • Terraced £125,250 16 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Askam in Furness: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Askam in Furness?

3 of the 103 postcodes now in use in Askam in Furness came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 3 of the 66 homes sold in Askam in Furness were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show.

The newest postcodes

LA16 7FLsince October 2022LA16 7FNsince July 2022LA16 7FFsince May 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Askam in Furness
The 12 months to September 2026 1 of 51 (2%)
The 12 months to September 2025 3 of 66 (5%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Askam in Furness?

Ofcom reports on 103 of the 103 postcodes in Askam in Furness. At 92 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit92 of 103
Postcodes where every home can get superfast102 of 103

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Askam in Furness at risk of flooding?

33 of the 103 postcodes in Askam in Furness 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 72 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 33 of 103 postcodes High: 37Medium: 35Low: 168

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Askam in Furness?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Askam in Furness. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Askam in Furness?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Askam in Furness is Askam Rail Station, 150 m away in a straight line.

  • Askam Rail Station Railway station 150 mWalk
  • Dalton Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • Millom Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Askam in Furness?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Askam in Furness. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Askam in Furness safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 117 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Askam in Furness over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 3 September 2025
  2. 10 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 18 December 2025
  5. 9 January 2026
  6. 8 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 9 April 2026
  9. 2 May 2026
  10. 9 June 2026
  11. 10 July 2026
  12. 13 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences68 reports
Public order10 reports
Criminal damage and arson9 reports
Other crime8 reports
Anti-social behaviour7 reports
Other theft6 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Burglary2 reports

Also: robbery 2, drugs 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Askam in Furness?

Parliamentary constituency
Barrow and Furness
Police force area
Cumbria
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Michelle Scrogham (Labour)

All 103 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

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Askam in Furness postcodes

103 postcodes in use in Askam in Furness, by district:

LA16 postcode district,103 postcodes

That district is in the LA postcode area.

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Places near Askam in Furness

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Askam in Furness's £255,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Dalton-in-Furness3.9 km, £160,000Millom5.0 km, £108,000Ulverston7.3 km, £234,000Barrow-in-Furness7.8 km, £160,000Grange-over-Sands18.7 km, £317,500Arnside24.1 km, £382,500Silverdale24.7 km, £369,250Heysham25.6 km, £190,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Askam in Furness

What is the postcode for Askam in Furness?
Postcode district LA16, with 103 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Askam in Furness in?
Westmorland and Furness. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Askam in Furness?
Michelle Scrogham (Labour), for Barrow and Furness. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Askam in Furness?
A typical £255,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 51 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Askam in Furness?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Askam Village School and Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Dowdales School, 3.4 km away. Source: Department for Education.
Does Askam in Furness have a railway station?
Yes: Askam station, 150 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Askam in Furness?
Ofcom reports on 103 of the 103 postcodes in Askam in Furness. At 92 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Askam in Furness at risk of flooding?
33 of the 103 postcodes in Askam in Furness 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 72 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Askam in Furness?
3 of the 103 postcodes now in use in Askam in Furness came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 3 of the 66 homes sold in Askam in Furness were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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