UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/la

House prices in the LA postcode area, Lancaster

Homes in the LA postcode area sold for a median of £220,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 9,249 standard sales.

That is close to the £225,000 median for the North West.

Median sale price£220,0009,249 standard sales
Middle half of prices£152,000 to £320,000
Change since 2016+36%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was LA22 (Ambleside), at £469,000, and the cheapest was LA18 (Millom), at £130,000. The dearest median is 3.6 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were LA8 (Kendal) and LA23 (Windermere), and the next cheapest LA14 (Barrow-in-Furness) and LA15 (Dalton-in-Furness).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the LA area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the LA area, by number of sales: Lancaster (LA1, LA2), Barrow-in-Furness (LA13, LA14), Morecambe (LA3, LA4), Kendal (LA8, LA9), Carnforth (LA5, LA6), Ulverston (LA12), Grange-Over-Sands (LA11), Dalton-in-Furness (LA15), Millom (LA18, LA19), Windermere (LA23), Milnthorpe (LA7), Askam-in-Furness (LA16), and 5 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. LA22Ambleside, 108 sales£469,000Too few
  2. LA8Kendal, 200 sales£365,000−9%
  3. LA23Windermere, 224 sales£365,000−20%
  4. LA6Carnforth, 349 sales£310,000−13%
  5. LA7Milnthorpe, 125 sales£305,000Too few
  6. LA2Lancaster, 570 sales£295,000+13%
  7. LA11Grange-Over-Sands, 337 sales£280,000−5%
  8. LA5Carnforth, 509 sales£270,000+1%
  9. LA12Ulverston, 638 sales£265,000−2%
  10. LA9Kendal, 1,006 sales£260,000−4%
  11. LA16Askam-in-Furness, 111 sales£255,000Too few
  12. LA13Barrow-in-Furness, 583 sales£210,000+15%
  13. LA3Morecambe, 696 sales£190,500+5%
  14. LA1Lancaster, 1,300 sales£185,500+9%
  15. LA4Morecambe, 705 sales£185,000+4%
  16. LA15Dalton-in-Furness, 292 sales£155,000+3%
  17. LA14Barrow-in-Furness, 1,076 sales£140,000+6%
  18. LA18Millom, 222 sales£130,000+15%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: LA10 £289k (94 sales), LA17 £250k (32 sales), LA19 £149k (16 sales), LA20 £285k (30 sales), LA21 £355k (26 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in LA13 (Barrow-in-Furness) and LA18 (Millom), up 15%, and fell most in LA23 (Windermere), down 20%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Paddock Drive, Kendal (LA9, £520,000), Poppy Lane, Over Kellet (LA6, detached houses, £517,500) and Walnut Close, Kendal (LA9, £498,500).

The cheapest were Holborn Hill, Millom (LA18, terraced houses, £70,000), Westmorland Street, Barrow-in-Furness (LA14, terraced houses, £80,000) and Kent Street, Barrow-in-Furness (LA13, terraced houses, £85,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include CA (Carlisle), FY (Blackpool) and PR (Preston).

Council areas in the LA postcode area

Within LA, the median ran from £134,000 in Cumberland to £282,000 in North Yorkshire, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the LA area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in LAMedian in LAWhole council area
Westmorland and Furness5,136£238,500£240,000
Lancaster3,639£203,000£203,000
Cumberland241£134,000£177,000
North Yorkshire230£282,000£270,000
1 other council area3Too fewNot shown

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the LA area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached2,068£383,000£300,000 to £515,000£3,459/m²from 94 sales
Semi-detached3,022£230,000£185,000 to £290,000£2,733/m²from 127 sales
Terraced3,234£160,000£122,000 to £220,000£2,020/m²from 116 sales
Flats and maisonettes925£142,000£105,000 to £205,000£2,456/m²from 26 sales

Terraced houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in the LA area, at 35% and 33% of sales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 36%, from £162,000 in 2016 to £220,000 in 2025, close to the 35% rise across England and Wales.

About these figures

The LA figures come from 9,249 standard sales in 23 postcode districts across 5 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was LA1 (Lancaster), with 1,300 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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