| Postcode | LA1 4WA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Lancaster | 
| Nearest station | Lancaster (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Graduate College (E) 
Lonsdale College (W) 
Management School (S) 
Furness College (N) 
Underpass (W) 
Cartmel College (S) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 9 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 54.005434 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.78475 | |
| Easting | 348663 | |
| Northing | 456886 | |
| Grid reference | SD486568 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 514107 5984147 | |
| what3words | judge.chin.congested | |
| FixPhrase | cruelness lushness scarecrow underpaid | |
| Plus code | 9C6V2648+54 | |
| Altitude | 54 metres (176 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:18 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 6.3 KMs (3.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Lancaster, unparished area | E43000253 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | University | E05014907 | 
| Local Authority District | Lancaster | E07000121 | 
| County Electoral Division | Lancaster South East | E58000783 | 
| Local Authority | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Lancaster and Wyre | E14001318 | 
| MP | Cat Smith | Labour | 
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Lancaster and Wyre | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | August 2004 | 
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| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Built up area (2024) | Bailrigg | E63007680 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00170168 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 2A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Lancaster 019A | E01025105 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Lancaster 019A | E01025105 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | University, Galgate & Dolphinholme | E02005239 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | University, Galgate & Dolphinholme | E02005239 | 
| Travel to work area | Lancaster and Morecambe | E30000076 | 
| Average property price in Lancaster | £217,786 | 
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| Annual change | 0.2% |