Milnthorpe
Milnthorpe is covered by postcode district LA7. It is in the Westmorland and Furness council area, England.
Every postcode in Milnthorpe, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 5
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 0
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 62
Of the 67 postcodes in Milnthorpe that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk and 62 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. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.2276, longitude -2.7700. 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
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Milnthorpe?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.1% on the 12 months before. At 55 of the 67 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 15 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 67 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Arnside, 4.7 km 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 Milnthorpe?
Homes in Milnthorpe sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, up 12.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £380,000 6 sales
- Semi-detached £258,500 14 sales
- Terraced £215,000 12 sales
- Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LA7 district, Milnthorpe's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Milnthorpe: 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 Milnthorpe?
None of the 67 postcodes now in use in Milnthorpe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 22 homes sold in Milnthorpe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA7 district, 0%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Milnthorpe | Across the LA7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 33 (0%) | 0 of 65 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 22 (0%) | 0 of 60 (0%) |
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 Milnthorpe?
Ofcom reports on 67 of the 67 postcodes in Milnthorpe. At 55 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 Milnthorpe at risk of flooding?
5 of the 67 postcodes in Milnthorpe 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 15 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 Milnthorpe?
The open schools at the postcodes in Milnthorpe. 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.
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 Milnthorpe?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Milnthorpe is Arnside Rail Station, 4.7 km away in a straight line.
- Arnside Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
- Silverdale Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
- Oxenholme Lake District Rail Station Railway station 9.1 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Milnthorpe?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Milnthorpe. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Park View Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01539 715555 50 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Milnthorpe safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 99 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Milnthorpe 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
- 6 September 2025
- 3 October 2025
- 7 November 2025
- 4 December 2025
- 9 January 2026
- 6 February 2026
- 6 March 2026
- 7 April 2026
- 20 May 2026
- 6 June 2026
- 14 July 2026
- 11 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 2, anti-social behaviour 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 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 Milnthorpe?
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parliamentary constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Police force area
- Cumbria
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Lizzi Collinge (Labour)
All 67 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 Milnthorpe
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 Milnthorpe
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Milnthorpe postcodes
67 postcodes in use in Milnthorpe, by district:
That district is in the LA postcode area.
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Places near Milnthorpe
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Milnthorpe's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Milnthorpe
- What is it like to live in Milnthorpe?
- Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.1% on the 12 months before. At 55 of the 67 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 15 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 67 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Arnside, 4.7 km 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 Milnthorpe?
- Milnthorpe is covered by postcode district LA7, across 67 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Milnthorpe in?
- Milnthorpe is in the Westmorland and Furness council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Milnthorpe?
- Milnthorpe is in the Morecambe and Lunesdale parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lizzi Collinge (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Milnthorpe?
- Homes in Milnthorpe sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, up 12.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Milnthorpe?
- In Milnthorpe, primary schools at its postcodes include Milnthorpe Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Dallam School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Milnthorpe have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Milnthorpe is Arnside, 4.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Milnthorpe?
- Ofcom reports on 67 of the 67 postcodes in Milnthorpe. At 55 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Milnthorpe at risk of flooding?
- 5 of the 67 postcodes in Milnthorpe 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 15 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 Milnthorpe?
- None of the 67 postcodes now in use in Milnthorpe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 22 homes sold in Milnthorpe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA7 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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