LA15 postcode area guide — Westmorland and Furness
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the LA15 postcode district in Westmorland and Furness — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in LA15
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
93.4%
Gigabit-capable
93.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the LA15 postcode district (Westmorland and Furness) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 260 postcodes Ofcom measures in LA15, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 93.4%.
Around 0.1% of premises in LA15 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in LA15
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| LA15 8AA | 97.6% | 95.1% |
| LA15 8AB | 100% | 100% |
| LA15 8AE | 100% | 100% |
| LA15 8AF | 100% | 100% |
| LA15 8AH | 100% | 100% |
| LA15 8AL | 100% | 100% |
| LA15 8AN | 100% | 100% |
| LA15 8AP | 100% | 100% |
| LA15 8AQ | 100% | 100% |
| LA15 8AR | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Westmorland and Furness
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Westmorland And Furness district (129,574 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
80.6%
4G outdoors — all networks
95.7%
5G outdoors — all networks
48.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
84.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in LA15
Police recorded 61 incidents within about a mile of the centre of LA15 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 21 | 34.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 14 | 23.0% |
| Public order | 7 | 11.5% |
| Other theft | 6 | 9.8% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 | 6.6% |
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 4.9% |
| Other crime | 2 | 3.3% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1.6% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in LA15
Based on 134 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in LA15 is £160,000, up 10.3% on the previous year (£145,000).
Detached
£275,000
14 sales
Semi-detached
£225,000
40 sales
Terraced
£137,000
75 sales
Latest recorded sales in LA15
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £235,000 | Semi-detached | Graythwaite Close | LA15 8UR |
| 12 May 2026 | £220,000 | Semi-detached | Adgarley Way | LA15 8XJ |
| 12 May 2026 | £225,000 | Semi-detached | Dalton Fields Lane | LA15 8NY |
| 12 May 2026 | £65,000 | Terraced | Queens Terrace | LA15 8EE |
| 12 May 2026 | £105,000 | Terraced | Devonshire Street | LA15 8SW |
| 1 May 2026 | £117,000 | Terraced | High Cleater Street | LA15 8SA |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £115,000 | Terraced | Prince Street | LA15 8EU |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £195,000 | Semi-detached | Stainton Drive | LA15 8XB |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £98,000 | Terraced | Devonshire Street | LA15 8SW |
| 14 Apr 2026 | £180,000 | Terraced | Coronation Drive | LA15 8QN |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Westmorland and Furness demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Westmorland and Furness district (226,591 residents, 103,529 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15.2% |
| 15–29 | 19.2% |
| 30–44 | 16.6% |
| 45–64 | 23.3% |
| 65+ | 25.7% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 71.6% |
| Private rented | 17.1% |
| Social rented | 5.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around LA15
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dowdales School | Secondary | 11–16 | 877 | LA15 8AH |
| Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 211 | LA15 8QR |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness | Primary | 2–11 | 101 | LA15 8LB |
| Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School | Primary | 2–7 | 81 | LA15 8RX |
| George Romney Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 75 | LA15 8SE |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in LA15
49 rated food businesses operate in LA15. 37 hold the top rating of 5, 5 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Allied Pharmacy Dalton, Anthony's @ the chocolate room, Beddalls, Bridge Inn, Brizzolaris Bar.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in LA15
From a sample of 203 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 LA15 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 18% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
18%
Band D
51%
Band E
22%
Band F
6%
Band G
3%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Westmorland and Furness
Landlines around LA15 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.