Kendal
Kendal is covered by postcode district LA9. It is in the Westmorland and Furness council area, England.
Every postcode in Kendal, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 51
- At medium risk at worst: 36
- At low risk at worst: 107
- At very low risk only: 59
- Not on the at-risk list: 567
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 820 postcodes in Kendal that ONS places, 51 have a home or business at high risk, 36 are at medium risk at worst, 107 are at low risk at worst, 59 are at very low risk only and 567 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 54.3253, longitude -2.7434. 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
51 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.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 16 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA9 7FB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 16 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA9 6EZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA9 6AA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA9 7HL, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA9 5AP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Kendal?
Homes sold for a typical £250,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 667 of the 747 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 781 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 253 of its 820 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kendal, 800 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Kendal?
Homes in Kendal sold for a typical £250,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 398 sales, down 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £260,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £250,500
▼ down 3.7% on the 12 months before
Across the whole LA9 district, Kendal's main postcode district: a typical £256,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kendal: 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
Are new homes being built in Kendal?
27 of the 820 postcodes now in use in Kendal came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 24 of the 477 homes sold in Kendal were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA9 district, 12%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Kendal | Across the LA9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 398 (1%) | 9 of 445 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 24 of 477 (5%) | 65 of 561 (12%) |
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.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Kendal?
Ofcom reports on 747 of the 820 postcodes in Kendal. At 667 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kendal at risk of flooding?
253 of the 820 postcodes in Kendal 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 781 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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
Which schools are in Kendal?
The open schools at the postcodes in Kendal (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Stramongate Primary School450 m 237 pupils, 420 places
- Ghyllside Primary School550 m 424 pupils, 459 places
- Sandgate School950 m 166 pupils, 160 places
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal1.0 km 134 pupils, 210 places
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary School1.0 km 109 pupils, 210 places
- Heron Hill Primary School1.1 km 419 pupils, 420 places
- Castle Park School1.3 km 326 pupils, 315 places
- St Thomas's CofE Primary School1.5 km 239 pupils, 218 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Kendal?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kendal is Kendal Rail Station, 800 m away in a straight line.
- Kendal Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
- Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
- Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Kendal?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Kendal. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Captain French Surgery400 m
- Station House Surgery750 m
- The James Cochrane Pract.1.5 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kendal safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,943 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kendal 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
- 113 September 2025
- 159 October 2025
- 162 November 2025
- 170 December 2025
- 141 January 2026
- 141 February 2026
- 148 March 2026
- 185 April 2026
- 188 May 2026
- 164 June 2026
- 222 July 2026
- 150 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 39, burglary 34, bicycle theft 29, possession of weapons 20, robbery 8, theft from the person 6.
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 postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Kendal?
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Police force area
- Cumbria
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
All 820 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Kendal
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Westmorland and Furness about council tax Westmorland and Furness council
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Kendal
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Kendal postcodes
820 postcodes in use in Kendal, by district:
That district is in the LA postcode area.
Check a Kendal postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
Do not know the postcode? What is my postcode?
Places near Kendal
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kendal's £250,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Kendal
- What is it like to live in Kendal?
- Homes sold for a typical £250,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 667 of the 747 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 781 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 253 of its 820 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kendal, 800 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Kendal?
- Kendal is covered by postcode district LA9, across 820 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Kendal in?
- Kendal is in the Westmorland and Furness council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Kendal?
- Kendal is in the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Kendal?
- Homes in Kendal sold for a typical £250,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 398 sales, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Kendal?
- In Kendal, primary schools at its postcodes include Stramongate Primary School, Ghyllside Primary School and Sandgate School; secondary schools at its postcodes include South Lakes Academy, Kirkbie Kendal School and Sandgate School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Kendal have a railway station?
- Yes: Kendal is 800 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Kendal, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Kendal?
- Ofcom reports on 747 of the 820 postcodes in Kendal. At 667 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Kendal at risk of flooding?
- 253 of the 820 postcodes in Kendal 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 781 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Kendal?
- 27 of the 820 postcodes now in use in Kendal came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 24 of the 477 homes sold in Kendal were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA9 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Something wrong on this page? Report an error and we will check it against the source.