Ulverston
Ulverston is covered by postcode district LA12. It is in the Westmorland and Furness council area, England.
Every postcode in Ulverston, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 15
- In use before 2020: 413
Of the 428 postcodes in Ulverston that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 413 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. 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 54.1916, longitude -3.0918. 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
What is it like to live in Ulverston?
Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.9% on the 12 months before. At 358 of the 425 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 135 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 52 of its 428 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ulverston, 400 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 Ulverston?
Homes in Ulverston sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 172 sales, down 4.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £405,000 30 sales
- Semi-detached £240,000 61 sales
- Terraced £210,000 69 sales
- Flat or maisonette £161,750 12 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LA12 district, Ulverston's main postcode district: a typical £255,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ulverston: 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 Ulverston?
15 of the 428 postcodes now in use in Ulverston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 187 homes sold in Ulverston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA12 district, 5%.
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 Ulverston | Across the LA12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 172 (0%) | 5 of 284 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 187 (0%) | 19 of 354 (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.
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 Ulverston?
Ofcom reports on 425 of the 428 postcodes in Ulverston. At 358 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 Ulverston at risk of flooding?
52 of the 428 postcodes in Ulverston 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 135 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 Ulverston?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ulverston. 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
- Sandside Lodge School200 m 104 pupils, 92 places
- Sir John Barrow School250 m 235 pupils, 300 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston350 m 155 pupils, 120 places
- Church Walk CofE Primary School750 m 88 pupils, 105 places
- Croftlands Infant School1.1 km 119 pupils, 226 places
- Croftlands Junior School1.1 km 152 pupils, 240 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 Ulverston?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ulverston is Ulverston Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Ulverston Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Dalton Rail Station Railway station 7.0 kmDrive
- Askam Rail Station Railway station 7.3 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 Ulverston?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ulverston. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ulverston Community Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01229 484100 900 mWalk
- Ulverston Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01229 484141 900 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ulverston safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 823 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ulverston 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
- 72 September 2025
- 79 October 2025
- 68 November 2025
- 75 December 2025
- 57 January 2026
- 46 February 2026
- 62 March 2026
- 82 April 2026
- 73 May 2026
- 71 June 2026
- 78 July 2026
- 60 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: possession of weapons 16, vehicle crime 10, burglary 6, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 2, robbery 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 Ulverston?
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parliamentary constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Police force area
- Cumbria
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Michelle Scrogham (Labour)
All 428 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 Ulverston
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 Ulverston
- 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
Ulverston postcodes
428 postcodes in use in Ulverston, by district:
That district is in the LA postcode area.
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Places near Ulverston
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ulverston's £235,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ulverston
- What is it like to live in Ulverston?
- Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.9% on the 12 months before. At 358 of the 425 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 135 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 52 of its 428 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ulverston, 400 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 Ulverston?
- Ulverston is covered by postcode district LA12, across 428 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Ulverston in?
- Ulverston is in the Westmorland and Furness council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Ulverston?
- Ulverston is in the Barrow and Furness parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Michelle Scrogham (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Ulverston?
- Homes in Ulverston sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 172 sales, down 4.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ulverston?
- In Ulverston, primary schools at its postcodes include Sandside Lodge School, Sir John Barrow School and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston; secondary schools at its postcodes include Sandside Lodge School and Ulverston Victoria High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Ulverston have a railway station?
- Yes: Ulverston is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Ulverston, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ulverston?
- Ofcom reports on 425 of the 428 postcodes in Ulverston. At 358 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ulverston at risk of flooding?
- 52 of the 428 postcodes in Ulverston 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 135 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 Ulverston?
- 15 of the 428 postcodes now in use in Ulverston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 187 homes sold in Ulverston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA12 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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