LA1 4XW

a terminated postcode in Lancashire

Introduced in December 1999, terminated in January 2016

LA1 4XW	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.0185 / 54°1'6"N

Longitude: -2.7968 / 2°47'48"W

UTM Reference: 30U 513313 5985596

OS Easting: 347889

OS Northing: 458344

OS Grid: SD478583

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 8PXZ.97

Mapcode Global: WH84F.08G6

Open Location Code: 9C6V2693+97

Maidenhead Locator System: IO84oa44

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: F1

rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
a rural hamlet or isolated dwellings in populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2b1

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
Rural Amenity
Ageing Rural Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 17189 / 32844

6th decile
slightly less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for LA1 4XW on Thursday 4 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:20
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:50
Sunrise	04:42
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:09
Sunset	21:36
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:28
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:58

Hours of daylight today	04:12 to 22:06
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	22:06 to 04:12
Moon Phase	Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets	06:50

For a full sun and moon calendar for LA1 4XW, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in LA1 4XW

	Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
	1 February 2018	Filter House, Scotforth Road, Scotforth, Lancaster LA1 4XW	Other property type	Freehold	£2,460,000

Key to property sale icons:

	First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
	Subsequent sale of existing property.
	Standard sale at market value to private individual.
	Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for LA1 4XW

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Lancaster and Wyre

MP

Cat Smith Labour

Lancashire County Council

County council electoral division

Lancaster South East

Councillor

Hamish Mills Green Party (E&W)

Lancaster City Council

District council ward

University

Councillors

Tom Fish Green Party (E&W)

Maria Deery Green Party (E&W)

LA1 4XW also falls within the Civil Parish of Scotforth, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for LA1 4XW

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00127423		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01025107	Lancaster 019C	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02005239	Lancaster 019	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E04005203	Scotforth	Civil Parishes	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E05014907	University	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	4 May 2023	DLUHC
E07000121	Lancaster	Non-metropolitan Districts	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E10000017	Lancashire	Counties	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E12000002	North West	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001318	Lancaster and Wyre	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000003	Lancashire	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000076	Lancaster & Morecambe	Travel to Work Areas	Other	1 January 2009	ONS
E33008409		Workplace Zones	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E37000019	Lancashire	Local Enterprise Partnerships	Other	13 April 2011	BEIS
E38000228	NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB - 01K	Sub Integrated Care Board Locations	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E40000010	North West	NHS England Regions	Health	1 April 2019	ODS
E54000048	NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E56000018	Lancashire and South Cumbria	Cancer Alliances	Health	14 February 2017	NHS England
E58000783	Lancaster South East ED	County Electoral Divisions	Electoral	4 May 2017	DLUHC
E65000001	England Non-National Park Area	England Non-National Park Area	Census	27 February 2023	ONS
E92000001	England	Country	Administrative	1 January 2009	ONS

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