West End
Ward in Lancaster, Lancashire, England
| Coordinates: | 54.065, -2.872 |
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| OS grid ref: | SD 43 63 |
| Dialling code: | 01524 (Lancaster) |
The West End ward sits immediately west of Lancaster city centre in Lancashire. It’s largely residential - a mix of Victorian terraces and more recent housing - but benefits from proximity to the city’s shops, the Grand Theatre and Lancaster City Museum, and the waterways of the River Lune and the Lancaster Canal.
Historically shaped by 19th‑century expansion, the area today has a mixed social and economic profile with independent shops, pubs and active community groups alongside pockets of regeneration and conservation interest; the wider location also puts it within easy reach of the countryside and Morecambe Bay for coastal walks.
Postcode districts covering West End
Most populated places nearby
- Preston 21.3 miles
- Blackpool 17.6 miles
- Morecambe 0.7 miles
- Lancaster 3.3 miles
- Barrow-in-Furness 14.8 miles
- Lytham St. Anne's 22.2 miles
- Kendal 18.8 miles
- Fleetwood 12.4 miles
- Poulton-le-Fylde 15.9 miles
- Heysham 1.4 miles
- Cleveleys 14.2 miles
- Clitheroe 23.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Heysham North Ward 0.7 miles
- Morecambe Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Poulton Ward 0.7 miles
- Westgate Ward 0.8 miles
- Heysham Central Ward 1.2 miles
- Heysham Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Bare Ward 1.4 miles
- Heaton-with-Oxcliffe Parish 1.6 miles
- Torrisholme Ward 1.6 miles
- Heysham South Ward 1.8 miles
- Scale Hall Ward 2.2 miles
- Marsh Ward 2.6 miles
Example postcodes in West End
LA4 4QF, LA3 1QP, LA4 4JS, LA4 4JP, LA4 4DY, LA3 1AE, LA4 4NF, LA4 4PT, LA4 4LD … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 50.6 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 51.1 miles
- Morecambe Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Bare Lane Railway Station 1.6 miles
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Schools in West End
- West End Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Globe Arena Stadium 0.3 miles
- Ashton Hall Estate 5 miles
- Lancaster University University 5.2 miles
- Holker Hall Estate 9.3 miles
- Cartmel Racecourse Recreation 10.1 miles
- Burns Quarry Wood Forest 11.6 miles
- Highbury Stadium Stadium 12 miles
- Forest of Bowland Forest 14.5 miles
- Underley Hall Estate 14.9 miles
- Claughton Estate 15.1 miles
- Holker Street Stadium 15.2 miles
- Terry Bank Estate 15.6 miles