Morecambe
Morecambe is covered by postcode districts LA1, LA3 and LA4. It is in the Lancaster council area, Lancashire.
Every postcode in Morecambe, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 40
- At medium risk at worst: 37
- At low risk at worst: 186
- At very low risk only: 231
- Not on the at-risk list: 482
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 976 postcodes in Morecambe that ONS places, 40 have a home or business at high risk, 37 are at medium risk at worst, 186 are at low risk at worst, 231 are at very low risk only and 482 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 54.0681, longitude -2.8541. 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
40 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
- 51 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA4 5AQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA4 6AT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA4 4HB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Morecambe?
Homes sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 783 of the 958 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 874 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 494 of its 976 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. The nearest GP practice is Bay Medical Group, 3.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Morecambe, 1.0 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 Morecambe?
Homes in Morecambe sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 394 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £185,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £185,000
■ no change on the 12 months before
Across the whole LA4 district, Morecambe's main postcode district: a typical £185,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Morecambe: 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 Morecambe?
20 of the 976 postcodes now in use in Morecambe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 479 homes sold in Morecambe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA4 district, 0%.
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 Morecambe | Across the LA4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 394 (0%) | 0 of 317 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 479 (0%) | 0 of 388 (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 Morecambe?
Ofcom reports on 958 of the 976 postcodes in Morecambe. At 783 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 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 Morecambe at risk of flooding?
494 of the 976 postcodes in Morecambe 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 874 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 Morecambe?
The open schools at the postcodes in Morecambe (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 Road Primary School350 m 478 pupils, 600 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe600 m 150 pupils, 210 places
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary School650 m 276 pupils, 345 places
- Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School750 m 165 pupils, 210 places
- Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School1.0 km 491 pupils, 630 places
- Great Wood Primary School1.2 km 406 pupils, 420 places
- Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School1.5 km 413 pupils, 420 places
- Morecambe Road School1.6 km 224 pupils, 150 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 Morecambe?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Morecambe is Morecambe Rail Station, 1.0 km away in a straight line.
- Morecambe Rail Station Railway station 1.0 kmWalk
- Bare Lane Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
- Lancaster Rail Station Railway station 3.7 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 Morecambe?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Morecambe. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Bay Medical Group3.9 km
- Queen Square Medical Practice4.2 km
- Lancaster Medical Practice4.4 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Morecambe safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,976 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Morecambe 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
- 355 September 2025
- 310 October 2025
- 352 November 2025
- 327 December 2025
- 278 January 2026
- 241 February 2026
- 352 March 2026
- 301 April 2026
- 373 May 2026
- 399 June 2026
- 382 July 2026
- 306 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 120, other crime 103, bicycle theft 53, possession of weapons 37, robbery 27, theft from the person 13.
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 Morecambe?
- District, borough or city council
- Lancaster
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Morecambe and Lunesdale (957) and Lancaster and Wyre (19)
- 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 Morecambe
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 nearest GP practices
- 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
Morecambe postcodes
976 postcodes in use in Morecambe, by district:
Those districts are all in the LA postcode area.
Check a Morecambe postcode
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 Morecambe
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Morecambe's £185,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Morecambe
- What is it like to live in Morecambe?
- Homes sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 783 of the 958 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 874 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 494 of its 976 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. The nearest GP practice is Bay Medical Group, 3.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Morecambe, 1.0 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 Morecambe?
- Morecambe is covered by postcode districts LA1, LA3 and LA4, across 976 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Morecambe in?
- Morecambe is in the Lancaster council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Morecambe?
- Homes in Morecambe sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 394 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Morecambe?
- In Morecambe, primary schools at its postcodes include Lancaster Road Primary School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe and Morecambe Bay Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Morecambe Bay Academy, Morecambe Road School and Bay Leadership Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Morecambe have a railway station?
- Yes: Morecambe is 1.0 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Morecambe, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Morecambe?
- Ofcom reports on 958 of the 976 postcodes in Morecambe. At 783 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Morecambe at risk of flooding?
- 494 of the 976 postcodes in Morecambe 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 874 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 Morecambe?
- 20 of the 976 postcodes now in use in Morecambe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 479 homes sold in Morecambe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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