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Thinking of living on Hampton Road? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station is further.
Checks tied to a spot (flood, radon, ground, noise, distances) are measured at LA3 1EL, where most of the street's homes are. A long street can differ from end to end: open a postcode for its own moving page.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School | Primary | 150 m | 60% met the expected standard |
| West End Primary School | Primary | 550 m | 52% met the expected standard |
| Mossgate Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 1.4 km | 57% met the expected standard |
| Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School | Primary | 1.6 km | 53% met the expected standard |
| Bay Leadership Academy | Secondary | 650 m | Attainment 8: 36.8 · 4.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Morecambe Bay Academy | Secondary | 2.8 km | Attainment 8: 36.8 · 3.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal) | Independent | 4.8 km | – |
Every primary near LA3 1EL, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Cumberland View Hotel Crown Green Bowls Club | 200 m | 6 |
| Cricket | Morecambe Cricket Club | 1.3 km | 5 |
| Football | The Halo Aerospace Stadium | 1.2 km | 4 |
| Yoga | Sen Studio | 390 m | 3 |
| Athletics | Salt Ayre Leisure Centre | 4.1 km | 3 |
| Tennis | Salt Ayre Leisure Centre | 4.2 km | 3 |
| Swimming | Heysham Pool | 580 m | 2 |
| Golf | Heysham Golf Club | 3.7 km | 2 |
| Laser tag | Laser Rush | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Trampoline | Jump Rush | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Dance | Dance & Leisurewear | 1.9 km | 1 |
| Sailing | Morecambe and Heysham Yacht Club | 2.5 km | 1 |
| Scuba diving | M.A.D. | 2.6 km | 1 |
| Boxing | MAD Boxing | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Morecambe Rifle & Pistol Club | 4.0 km | 1 |
| Cycling | Salt Ayre Leisure Centre | 4.1 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 20. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Morecambe, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 175k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Lancaster.
The nearest bus stop is Byron Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 5, 502); 78 departures an hour from the 18 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bay Leadership Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 36.8 · 4.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (5.6 km) and Lancaster Royal Grammar School (6.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 550 m away, with Bargain Booze closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bay Medical Group West End (300 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, House of Beauty is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Lancaster Infirmary, 6.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 60% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Stanleys Community Centre is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Morecambe & Heysham Constitutional Club the nearest pub (450 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 203 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (51%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 75% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is West End Gardens, 500 m away; for exercise, Sen Studio (400 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Morecambe South, 1.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 81 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 88 km.
44 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Many neighbours rent: 49% of households rent privately and 7% socially.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.