Latitude: 54.2663 / 54°15'58"N
Longitude: -2.7881 / 2°47'17"W
OS Eastings: 348768
OS Northings: 485913
OS Grid: SD487859
Mapcode National: GBR 8MZ3.5D
Mapcode Global: WH838.41L6
Plus Code: 9C6V7686+GQ
Maidenhead Locator System: IO84og53
What Three Birds: goldfinch.gadwall.pipit
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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LA8 8PU is a primarily residential postcode in Levens, Cumbria. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are E and D.
Residential buildings are typically detached and semi-detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £136,096 to £614,957 with an average of £353,845.
Residential buildings were typically constructed before 1900.
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 C and D.
Commercial rateable values range from £1,750 to £16,000 with an average of £8,875. The most common recorded business types are School and Sports Ground.
Levens is a village, which had a population of 843 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 24 people resident in LA8 8PU, of which 10 were male and 14 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
LA8 8PU is in the Kendal travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Cumbria Teaching Primary Care Trust.
LA8 8PU is approximately 38m (125ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in LA8 8PU
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing LA8 8PU
1a4: Rural Residents - Farming Communities - Older Farming Communities
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for LA8 8PU
England E1: a rural village surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
7/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
2/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near LA8 8PU include Booths. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of LA8 8PU 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
South Lakeland District Council
Ward
Bowness & Levens
Councillors
John Holmes (Conservative)
Kevin Ronald Holmes (Conservative)
David Lewis Williams (Conservative)
Brian John Rendell (Conservative)
County Council
Cumbria
Electoral Division
Lyth Valley
County Councillor
James Bland (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
MP
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for LA8 8PU.
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 LA8 8PU.
Levens CofE School
Church Road Levens, Levens, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8PU
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Heversham St Peter's CofE Primary School
Leasgill, Heversham, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7FG
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Outstanding
Crosscrake CofE Primary School
Stainton, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0LB
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
St Mark's CofE Primary School
Oxenholme Lane, Natland, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7QH
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
The Queen Katherine School
Appleby Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6PJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Cartmel Priory CofE School
Headless Cross, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7SA
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Queen Elizabeth School
Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire, LA6 2HJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Carnforth High School
Kellet Road, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 9LS
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
The Lakes School
Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1HW
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Morecambe Community High School
Dallam Avenue, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 5BG
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
The overall school grade in this area is high.