Windermere

Windermere is covered by postcode district LA23. It is in the Westmorland and Furness council area, England.

Typical price £330,000 Homes sold in Windermere, last 12 months. ▼ 5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 158 of 215 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 46 of 218 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 261 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Windermere, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Windermere, by flood risk Of the 218 postcodes in Windermere that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at medium risk at worst, 16 are at low risk at worst and 172 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 3 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Windermere. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A591A592 LA23 1AA: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AB: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AD: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AF: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AG: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AH: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AL: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AN: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AP: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AR: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AS: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AU: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AW: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AX: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AY: not on the flood risk listLA23 1AZ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BA: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BB: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BD: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BH: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BL: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BS: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BU: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BX: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BY: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BZ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DB: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DD: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DF: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DG: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DH: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DN: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DP: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DR: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DS: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DU: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DW: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DX: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DY: not on the flood risk listLA23 1DZ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EA: not on the flood risk listLA23 1ED: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EG: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EH: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EL: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EN: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EP: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1ES: not on the flood risk listLA23 1ET: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EW: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EX: not on the flood risk listLA23 1EZ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1FD: not on the flood risk listLA23 1FG: not on the flood risk listLA23 1GE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HA: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HB: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HD: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HF: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HG: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HH: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1HQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1JD: not on the flood risk listLA23 1JE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1JF: not on the flood risk listLA23 1NE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1NF: not on the flood risk listLA23 1NJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1NL: not on the flood risk listLA23 1NQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 1NW: not on the flood risk listLA23 1PE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1PT: not on the flood risk listLA23 1PX: not on the flood risk listLA23 1PY: not on the flood risk listLA23 1QA: not on the flood risk listLA23 1QE: not on the flood risk listLA23 1SA: not on the flood risk listLA23 1WY: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AB: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AE: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AF: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AL: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AS: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AT: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AX: not on the flood risk listLA23 2AZ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BB: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BD: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BE: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BG: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BH: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BN: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BP: not on the flood risk listLA23 2BZ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DB: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DD: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DE: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DF: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DG: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DH: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DL: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DP: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2DX: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EA: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EB: not on the flood risk listLA23 2ED: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EE: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EF: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EG: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EH: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EL: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EN: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EP: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2ER: not on the flood risk listLA23 2ES: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EU: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EW: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EX: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EY: not on the flood risk listLA23 2EZ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2FD: not on the flood risk listLA23 2JA: not on the flood risk listLA23 2JB: not on the flood risk listLA23 2JX: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LA: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LD: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LE: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LF: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LG: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LH: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LJ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LL: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LN: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LP: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LQ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LS: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LT: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LW: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LX: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LY: not on the flood risk listLA23 2LZ: not on the flood risk listLA23 2NA: not on the flood risk listLA23 2NB: not on the flood risk listLA23 2ND: not on the flood risk listLA23 2NF: not on the flood risk listLA23 2PA: not on the flood risk listLA23 1BF: low flood risk at worstLA23 1HU: low flood risk at worstLA23 2AD: low flood risk at worstLA23 2AU: low flood risk at worstLA23 2AY: low flood risk at worstLA23 2BA: low flood risk at worstLA23 2BL: low flood risk at worstLA23 2BQ: low flood risk at worstLA23 2BU: low flood risk at worstLA23 2DA: low flood risk at worstLA23 2DN: low flood risk at worstLA23 2DS: low flood risk at worstLA23 2DU: low flood risk at worstLA23 2DY: low flood risk at worstLA23 2FE: low flood risk at worstLA23 2PR: low flood risk at worstLA23 1EU: medium flood risk at worstLA23 1HP: medium flood risk at worstLA23 1HS: medium flood risk at worstLA23 1HW: medium flood risk at worstLA23 1HX: medium flood risk at worstLA23 1HY: medium flood risk at worstLA23 1JA: medium flood risk at worstLA23 2AN: medium flood risk at worstLA23 2BY: medium flood risk at worstLA23 2HJ: medium flood risk at worstLA23 2LR: medium flood risk at worstLA23 1EY: high flood riskLA23 1HL: high flood riskLA23 1HN: high flood riskLA23 1HZ: high flood riskLA23 1LF: high flood riskLA23 1NH: high flood riskLA23 2AH: high flood riskLA23 2AR: high flood riskLA23 2AW: high flood riskLA23 2BS: high flood riskLA23 2BT: high flood riskLA23 2BW: high flood riskLA23 2BX: high flood riskLA23 2DR: high flood riskLA23 2DT: high flood riskLA23 2DW: high flood riskLA23 2HH: high flood riskLA23 2LB: high flood riskLA23 2NW: high flood risk Windermere 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LA23 2BX, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LA23 1HL, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LA23 2DR, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Windermere, by flood risk Of the 218 postcodes in Windermere that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at medium risk at worst, 16 are at low risk at worst and 172 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 3 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Windermere. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Windermere
  • A home or business at high risk: 19
  • At medium risk at worst: 11
  • At low risk at worst: 16
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 172
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 218 postcodes in Windermere that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at medium risk at worst, 16 are at low risk at worst and 172 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 54.3782, longitude -2.9077. 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

19 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.

LA23 1LF82 at high riskLA23 2DR30 at high riskLA23 2DT12 at high riskLA23 2BX9 at high riskLA23 1HL6 at high riskLA23 2AR5 at high riskLA23 2AW5 at high riskLA23 2LB5 at high riskLA23 1HZ4 at high riskLA23 1EY4 at high riskLA23 2BT3 at high riskLA23 2NW3 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA23 2BX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA23 1HL, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LA23 2DR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Windermere?

Homes sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5% on the 12 months before. At 158 of the 215 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 261 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 218 postcodes. It has 3 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 Windermere, 300 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 Windermere?

Homes in Windermere sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 55 sales, down 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£330,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£347,500
12 months to August 2026
£330,000

▼ down 5% on the 12 months before

Detached£600,000 11 sales
Semi-detached£332,500 12 sales
Terraced£322,500 19 sales
Flat or maisonette£202,000 13 sales

Across the whole LA23 district, Windermere's main postcode district: a typical £352,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Windermere: 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 Windermere?

None of the 218 postcodes now in use in Windermere came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 74 homes sold in Windermere were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA23 district, 0%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn WindermereAcross the LA23 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 55 (0%) 1 of 98 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 74 (0%) 0 of 126 (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 Windermere?

Ofcom reports on 215 of the 218 postcodes in Windermere. At 158 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit158 of 215
Postcodes where every home can get superfast204 of 215

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Windermere at risk of flooding?

46 of the 218 postcodes in Windermere 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 261 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 46 of 218 postcodes High: 177Medium: 84Low: 181

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 Windermere?

The open schools at the postcodes in Windermere. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Windermere?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Windermere is Windermere Rail Station, 300 m away in a straight line.

  • Windermere Rail Station Railway station 300 mWalk
  • Staveley Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
  • Burneside (Cumbria) Rail Station Railway station 9.5 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 Windermere?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Windermere. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Windermere safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 422 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Windermere 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

  1. 36 September 2025
  2. 39 October 2025
  3. 32 November 2025
  4. 22 December 2025
  5. 48 January 2026
  6. 34 February 2026
  7. 32 March 2026
  8. 33 April 2026
  9. 42 May 2026
  10. 34 June 2026
  11. 39 July 2026
  12. 31 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences206 reports
Criminal damage and arson61 reports
Public order32 reports
Shoplifting30 reports
Other theft29 reports
Anti-social behaviour25 reports
Drugs20 reports
Burglary7 reports

Also: possession of weapons 5, bicycle theft 2, other crime 2, vehicle crime 1, theft from the person 1, 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 postcode

Source: 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 Windermere?

Council
Westmorland and Furness
Parliamentary constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Police force area
Cumbria
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

All 218 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 Windermere

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Windermere postcodes

218 postcodes in use in Windermere, by district:

LA23 postcode district,218 postcodes

That district is 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 Windermere

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Windermere's £330,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bowness-on-Windermere1.7 km, £365,000Ambleside6.8 km, £402,500Kendal12.2 km, £250,500Milnthorpe19.0 km, £250,000Arnside20.6 km, £390,000Grange-over-Sands21.0 km, £295,000Shap22.4 km, £192,000Silverdale23.8 km, £371,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Windermere

What is it like to live in Windermere?
Homes sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5% on the 12 months before. At 158 of the 215 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 261 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 218 postcodes. It has 3 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 Windermere, 300 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 Windermere?
Windermere is covered by postcode district LA23, across 218 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Windermere in?
Windermere is in the Westmorland and Furness council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Windermere?
Windermere 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 Windermere?
Homes in Windermere sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 55 sales, down 5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Windermere?
In Windermere, primary schools at its postcodes include St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere, St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School and Goodly Dale Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Windermere School and The Lakes School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Windermere have a railway station?
Yes: Windermere is 300 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Windermere, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Windermere?
Ofcom reports on 215 of the 218 postcodes in Windermere. At 158 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Windermere at risk of flooding?
46 of the 218 postcodes in Windermere 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 261 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 Windermere?
None of the 218 postcodes now in use in Windermere came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 74 homes sold in Windermere were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA23 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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