Latitude: 54.0577 / 54°3'27"N
Longitude: -2.8175 / 2°49'3"W
OS Eastings: 346582
OS Northings: 462729
OS Grid: SD465627
Mapcode National: GBR 8PRJ.T5
Mapcode Global: WH846.P8JM
Plus Code: 9C6V355J+3X
Maidenhead Locator System: IO84ob13
What Three Birds: greenfinch.sanderling.nightjar
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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LA1 5BY is a primarily residential postcode in Scale Hall, Lancaster. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax band is B.
Residential buildings are primarily semi-detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £20,704 to £1,042,958 with an average of £166,021.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1930 and 1949 and between 1950 and 1966.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are predominantly owner occupied.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are D and E.
Commercial rateable values range from £2,500 to £4,700 with an average of £3,717. The most common recorded business types are Store and Surgery.
Lancaster is a city, which had a population of 48,085 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 98 people resident in LA1 5BY, of which 49 were male and 49 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
LA1 5BY is in the Lancaster and Morecambe travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the North Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust.
LA1 5BY is approximately 11m (36ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in LA1 5BY
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing LA1 5BY
6b3: Suburbanites - Semi-Detached Suburbia - Semi-Detached Ageing
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for LA1 5BY
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
2/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
9/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
4/10 (Low)
Supermarkets near LA1 5BY include Aldi, Asda, Booths, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of LA1 5BY are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
Lancaster City Council
Ward
Skerton West
Councillors
Jean Parr (Labour)
Phillip Black (Labour)
Mandy King (Labour)
County Council
Lancashire
Electoral Division
Skerton
County Councillor
Jean Parr (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
MP
David Morris (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for LA1 5BY.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near LA1 5BY.
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School
Torrisholme Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 2RJ
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School
Roeburn Drive, Grosvenor Park, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA3 3RY
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Willow Lane Community Primary School
Willow Lane, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 5PR
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Aldrens Lane, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 2DU
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 3 - 11
Needs improvement
Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Slyne Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 2JH
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Our Lady's Catholic College
Morecambe Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 2RX
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Regent Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1SF
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
East Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3EF
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Central Lancaster High School
Crag Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3LS
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
Ashton Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4RS
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Morecambe Community High School
Dallam Avenue, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 5BG
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Heysham High School Sports College
Limes Avenue, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA3 1HS
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Inadequate
Carnforth High School
Kellet Road, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 9LS
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Cartmel Priory CofE School
Headless Cross, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7SA
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Saint Aidan's Church of England High School
Cartgate, Preesall, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 0NP
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.