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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=LA}}
The '''LA postcode area''', also known as the '''Lancaster postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 23 postcode districts in north-west England, within 17 post towns. These cover north [[Lancashire]] (including [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], [[Morecambe]] and [[Carnforth]]) and southern [[Cumbria]] (including [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Kendal]], [[Ulverston]], [[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]], [[Dalton-in-Furness]], [[Milnthorpe]], [[Sedbergh]], [[Grange-over-Sands]], [[Askam-in-Furness]], [[Kirkby-in-Furness]], [[Broughton-in-Furness]], [[Coniston, Cumbria|Coniston]] and [[Ambleside]] and [[Millom]]), and part of [[North Yorkshire]].

Mail for the LA postcode area is processed at Preston Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[PR postcode area|PR]], [[BB postcode area|BB]] and [[FY postcode area|FY]] postcode areas.

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

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|-
! LA1
| LANCASTER
| Lancaster, [[Aldcliffe]], [[Bailrigg]]
| [[City of Lancaster]]
|-
! LA2
| LANCASTER
| Lancaster, [[Abbeystead]], [[Aldcliffe]], [[Halton, Lancashire|Aughton]], [[Austwick]], [[Bailrigg]], [[Bay Horse]], [[Caton, Lancashire|Caton]], [[Clapham, North Yorkshire|Clapham]], [[Cockerham]], [[Dolphinholme]], [[Ellel, Lancashire|Ellel]], [[Farleton, Lancashire|Farleton]], [[Galgate]], [[Glasson Dock]], [[Halton, Lancashire|Halton]], [[Hest Bank]], [[High Bentham]], [[Hornby, Lancashire|Hornby]], [[Quernmore]], [[Tatham, Lancashire|Tatham]], [[Wharfe, North Yorkshire|Wharfe]]
| [[City of Lancaster]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[Borough of Wyre|Wyre]]
|-
! LA3
| MORECAMBE
| [[Morecambe]], [[Heysham]], [[Middleton, Lancashire|Middleton]], [[Overton, Lancashire|Overton]], [[Sunderland Point]]
| [[City of Lancaster]]
|-
! LA4
| MORECAMBE
| [[Morecambe]], [[Torrisholme]]
| [[City of Lancaster]]
|-
! LA5
| CARNFORTH
| [[Carnforth]], [[Arnside]], [[Silverdale, Lancashire|Silverdale]], [[Warton, Lancaster|Warton]], [[Bolton-Le-Sands]]
| [[City of Lancaster]], [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA6
| CARNFORTH
| [[Arkholme]], [[Burton-in-Kendal]], [[Burton in Lonsdale]], [[Cantsfield]], [[Casterton, Cumbria|Casterton]], [[Ingleton, North Yorkshire|Ingleton]], [[Ireby, Lancashire|Ireby]], [[Kirkby Lonsdale]], [[Masongill]], [[Tunstall, Lancashire|Tunstall]], [[Whittington, Lancashire|Whittington]]
| [[City of Lancaster]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA7
| MILNTHORPE
| [[Milnthorpe]], [[Beetham]], [[Storth]], [[Heversham]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA8
| KENDAL
| [[Brigsteer]], [[Grayrigg]], [[Levens, Cumbria|Levens]], [[Sedgwick, Cumbria|Sedgwick]], [[Sizergh]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA9
| KENDAL
| [[Kendal]], [[Burneside]], [[Natland]], [[Oxenholme]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA10
| SEDBERGH
| [[Sedbergh]], [[Dent (Lonsdale)|Dent]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]], [[North Yorkshire]]
|-
! LA11
| GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
| [[Grange-over-Sands]], [[Allithwaite]], [[Cark]], [[Cartmel]], [[Field Broughton]], [[High Newton]], [[Lindale, Cumbria|Lindale]], [[Low Newton, Cumbria|Low Newton]], [[Meathop and Ulpha]], [[Witherslack]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA12
| ULVERSTON
| [[Ulverston]], [[Aldingham]], [[Backbarrow]], [[Gleaston]], [[Graythwaite Hall|Graithwaite]], [[Haverthwaite]], [[Leece]], [[Lindal-in-Furness]], [[Newbiggin, Furness|Newbiggin (Furness)]], [[Newby Bridge]], [[Staveley-in-Cartmel]], [[Urswick]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA13
| BARROW-IN-FURNESS
| [[Barrow-in-Furness]] (east), [[Newton-in-Furness]], [[Piel Island]], [[Rampside]], [[Roa Island]], [[Roose]], [[Stainton with Adgarley]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA14
| BARROW-IN-FURNESS
| Barrow-in-Furness (west), [[Walney Island]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA15
| DALTON-IN-FURNESS
| [[Dalton-in-Furness]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA16
| ASKAM-IN-FURNESS
| [[Askam-in-Furness]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA17
| KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS
| [[Kirkby-in-Furness]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA18
| MILLOM
| [[Millom]]
| [[Cumberland (district)|Cumberland]]
|-
! LA19
| MILLOM
| [[Waberthwaite, Cumbria|Waberthwaite]], [[Bootle, Cumbria|Bootle]]
| [[Cumberland]]
|-
! LA20
| BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
| [[Broughton-in-Furness]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA21
| CONISTON
| [[Coniston, Cumbria|Coniston]], [[Torver]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA22
| AMBLESIDE
| [[Ambleside]], [[Chapel Stile]], [[Elterwater]], [[Grasmere (village)|Grasmere]], [[Hawkshead]], [[Near Sawrey]], [[Skelwith Bridge]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|-
! LA23
| WINDERMERE
| [[Windermere]], [[Bowness-on-Windermere]], [[Troutbeck, South Lakeland|Troutbeck]]
| [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|}

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=LA postcode area|size=550x550px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:City of Lancaster]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering North West England]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering Yorkshire and the Humber]]
[[Category:Lancashire-related lists]]

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