Lancaster
Lancaster is covered by postcode districts LA1 and LA2. It is in the Lancaster council area, Lancashire.
Every postcode in Lancaster, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 34
- In use before 2020: 1,284
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,318 postcodes in Lancaster that ONS places, 34 are new since 2020 and 1,284 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 54.0475, longitude -2.7997. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Lancaster?
Homes sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 959 of the 1,235 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,022 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 194 of its 1,318 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lancaster, 550 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 Lancaster?
Homes in Lancaster sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 560 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £408,000 61 sales
- Semi-detached £227,625 172 sales
- Terraced £160,000 252 sales
- Flat or maisonette £125,000 75 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LA1 district, Lancaster's main postcode district: a typical £185,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lancaster: 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 Lancaster?
34 of the 1,318 postcodes now in use in Lancaster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 711 homes sold in Lancaster were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA1 district, 2%.
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 Lancaster | Across the LA1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 560 (0%) | 3 of 570 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 7 of 711 (Under 1%) | 16 of 730 (2%) |
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 Lancaster?
Ofcom reports on 1,235 of the 1,318 postcodes in Lancaster. At 959 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Lancaster at risk of flooding?
194 of the 1,318 postcodes in Lancaster 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 1,022 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 Lancaster?
The open schools at the postcodes in Lancaster (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
- Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School300 m 372 pupils, 420 places
- The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster550 m 195 pupils, 210 places
- Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School900 m 201 pupils, 210 places
- Willow Lane Community Primary School950 m 199 pupils, 210 places
- Bowerham Primary & Nursery School1.0 km 498 pupils, 532 places
- Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal)1.0 km 13 pupils, 40 places
- Castle View Primary Academy1.1 km 100 pupils, 210 places
- St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster1.3 km 144 pupils, 210 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 Lancaster?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lancaster is Lancaster Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Lancaster Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- Bare Lane Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
- Morecambe Rail Station Railway station 5.2 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Lancaster?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Lancaster. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Lancaster Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report September 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01524 551551 150 mWalk
- Queen Square Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01524 843333 150 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lancaster safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,556 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lancaster 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
- 426 September 2025
- 415 October 2025
- 385 November 2025
- 336 December 2025
- 320 January 2026
- 283 February 2026
- 341 March 2026
- 322 April 2026
- 390 May 2026
- 439 June 2026
- 465 July 2026
- 434 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 121, other crime 94, bicycle theft 71, robbery 41, possession of weapons 38, theft from the person 19.
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 Lancaster?
- District, borough or city council
- Lancaster
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Lancaster and Wyre (1,303) and Morecambe and Lunesdale (15)
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Lancaster
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Lancaster about council tax Council tax, on lancaster.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Lancaster
- 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
Lancaster postcodes
1,318 postcodes in use in Lancaster, by district:
Those districts are all in the LA postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Lancaster
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lancaster's £185,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Lancaster
- What is it like to live in Lancaster?
- Homes sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 959 of the 1,235 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,022 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 194 of its 1,318 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lancaster, 550 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 Lancaster?
- Lancaster is covered by postcode districts LA1 and LA2, across 1,318 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Lancaster in?
- Lancaster is in the Lancaster council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Lancaster?
- Homes in Lancaster sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 560 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Lancaster?
- In Lancaster, primary schools at its postcodes include Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School, The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster and Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Our Lady's Catholic College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Lancaster have a railway station?
- Yes: Lancaster is 550 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Lancaster, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Lancaster?
- Ofcom reports on 1,235 of the 1,318 postcodes in Lancaster. At 959 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Lancaster at risk of flooding?
- 194 of the 1,318 postcodes in Lancaster 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 1,022 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 Lancaster?
- 34 of the 1,318 postcodes now in use in Lancaster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 711 homes sold in Lancaster were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA1 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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