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LA1 5US

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Property report — LA1 5US

Open-data due diligence for LA1 5US and the area around it.

LA1 5US in brief: 69 recorded sales (£3,200–£345,000) · very low flood risk · 6 schools nearby.

What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for LA1 5US itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the LA1 5 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.

Avg sold price

£241,650

sector LA1 5 · 185 sales

Population

19,740

sector LA1 5

Crimes recorded

sector LA1 5 · Apr 26

Schools

sector LA1 5

Flood risk

Very low

this postcode

Gigabit broadband

78%

sector LA1 5 of premises

Sold-price trend (1995–2026)

Annual average (mean) sold price in LA1 5, 1995–2026. 2026 is a part year (34 sales so far) — shown greyed. Hover a point to read its value. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.

Sold prices on this postcode

Date	Price	Address	Type
2025-11-07	£345,000	10 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2025-10-01	£76,000	27 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2024-12-05	£75,000	33 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2024-03-06	£330,000	7 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2023-12-15	£250,000	18 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2023-10-20	£115,000	20 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2023-10-19	£70,000	27 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2023-05-12	£50,000	29 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2022-08-12	£325,000	32 COTTON SQUARE	Semi-detached
2021-12-03	£3,200	17 COTTON SQUARE	Other
2021-10-28	£3,200	15 COTTON SQUARE	Other
2021-07-29	£270,000	46 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2021-06-04	£323,000	19 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2021-03-26	£59,950	33 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2021-03-26	£310,000	13 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2020-11-26	£245,000	7 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2020-06-26	£235,000	6 COTTON SQUARE	Semi-detached
2020-02-12	£279,000	10 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2020-02-12	£240,000	8 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2019-11-22	£215,500	4 COTTON SQUARE	Semi-detached
2019-11-01	£5,000	4 COTTON SQUARE	Other
2019-05-17	£181,445	24 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2019-03-06	£56,098	20 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2018-12-21	£56,098	22 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2018-12-21	£195,995	26 COTTON SQUARE	Semi-detached
2018-12-21	£190,995	18 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2018-12-21	£232,995	16 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2018-12-19	£221,995	2 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2018-12-10	£250,000	32 COTTON SQUARE	Semi-detached
2018-09-28	£240,000	12 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2018-07-27	£245,000	12 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2018-03-02	£299,995	25 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2017-05-04	£312,995	17 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2017-01-20	£249,995	46 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2017-01-06	£319,995	50 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2016-12-12	£259,995	23 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2016-12-08	£334,995	48 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2016-11-03	£334,995	21 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2016-10-28	£259,995	19 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2016-07-08	£319,995	15 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2016-07-01	£83,500	33 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£83,500	31 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£83,500	29 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£83,500	27 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£81,000	60 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£68,500	62 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£68,500	64 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£81,000	66 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£81,000	52 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£68,500	54 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£68,500	56 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-07-01	£81,000	58 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2016-03-30	£254,995	11 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2016-01-22	£305,995	13 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2015-05-01	£277,245	38 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-12-23	£249,995	40 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-12-19	£233,635	34 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-12-19	£276,245	44 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-12-19	£230,000	30 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-11-21	£265,000	28 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-09-26	£235,000	7 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-09-26	£267,495	42 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-09-25	£222,495	36 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-06-27	£246,995	14 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-06-27	£264,995	12 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-05-30	£249,995	9 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-05-30	£202,995	1 COTTON SQUARE	Terraced
2014-05-23	£205,995	5 COTTON SQUARE	Detached
2014-04-28	£187,495	3 COTTON SQUARE	Detached

69 recorded sales on LA1 5US. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.

Nearest schools

School	Distance	Phase	Ofsted
Willow Lane Community Primary School	0.3 mi	Primary	Report card →
Lancaster Ryelands Primary School	0.7 mi	Primary	Good (2022)
Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School	0.7 mi	Primary	Report card →
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School	0.7 mi	Primary	Good (2022)
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	0.8 mi	Secondary	Good (2022)
Our Lady's Catholic College	0.8 mi	Secondary	Requires improvement (2024)

Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.

What's nearby

Nearest GP surgeries: QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE (0.8 mi) · LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE (1.0 mi) · BAY MEDICAL GROUP EXTENDED OOH (2.2 mi)

Nearest hospitals: BMI - THE LANCASTER HOSPITAL (1.1 mi) · RIDGE LEA HOSPITAL (1.6 mi) · QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL (2.2 mi)

Nearest listed buildings: THREE COLUMNS ADJOINING THE SOUTHERN CORNER OF NUMBER 14 (NANTYR) (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · LAUREL BANK (Grade II) (0.4 mi) · GATE PIERS APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH WEST OF SCALE HALL (Grade II) (0.4 mi)

Nearest pharmacies: ASDA PHARMACY (0.5 mi) · FOX AND MEDCALFE (0.8 mi) · BOOTS (0.9 mi)

Nearest stations: Lancaster (0.5 mi) · Bare Lane (1.8 mi) · Morecambe (2.4 mi)

Nearest supermarkets: Aldi (0.4 mi) · Asda (0.5 mi) · Spar (0.6 mi)

Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).

Who lives here

Median age: 37
One-person households: 34%
Households with children: 24%
Households: 8,075

Owned 61% · Social rent 13% · Private rent 25%

Census 2021 (ONS), for LA1 5.

Recorded crime trend

Recorded crimes per month in LA1 5 (May 24–Apr 26, average 61/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.

Flood risk

Modelled flood risk for LA1 5US: Very low — 49 properties here fall in an at-risk band (0 in the significant Medium/High bands).

This is an indicative band for the postcode from the Environment Agency's catchment modelling (rivers and surface water), not a property-specific assessment. A conveyancer will run an official flood search before you buy. Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →

Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.

How granular is this?

Measure	DistrictLA1	SectorLA1 5	PostcodeLA1 5US
Average sold price	£209,147	£241,650	£195,609
Population	67,419	19,740	—
Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived)	6/10	6/10	—
Crimes recorded	437	43	—
Schools	25	4	—
Flood risk	High	Low	Low
Gigabit broadband	80%	78%	100%
Superfast broadband	98%	96%	100%

— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (LA1 5); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.

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Report generated 30 June 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.

Indicative due diligence compiled from public open data. Not a substitute for a regulated conveyancing or property search, a survey, or professional advice.