Are you rich or poor?

The richest and poorest areas of the Lancaster district have been revealed in a new government map.

While some neighbourhoods in Lancaster and Morecambe enjoy some of the highest standards of living in the country, the study reveals a huge divide in terms of those who have, and those who have not.

Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith said the situation was about to worsen for hundreds of families with more government cuts looming on the horizon.

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You can see how deprived your area is by searching your postcode: http://dclgapps.communities.gov.uk/imd/idmap.html

Top 20 most deprived places

1. Tendring - around St Osyth and Seawick

2. Blackpool - By Central Pier

3. Blackpool - Around the promenade near North Pier

4. Thanet - Cliftonville West

5. Blackpool - Near the South Pier

6. Tendring - Clacton-on-Sea

7. Blackpool - Between Waterloo Road and St Chad’s Station

8. Coventry - Around Hillmorton Road in Henley

9. Blackpool - Woolman Road and Clinton Avenue

10. Waveney - near South Pier in Lowestoft

11. Blackpool - around Cookson Street

12. Kingston upon Hull - Around St John’s Grove

13. North East Lincolnshire - Around Oxford Street in Grimsby

14. Burnley - Around Tay Street and Howard Street

15. Burnley - Between Belvedere Road and Church Street

16. Mansfield - Around Sandy Lane

17. Blackpool - Around Manchester Square and Rigby Road

18. Blackpool - Around Clevedon Road and Carshalton Road

19. Blackburn with Darwen - Wensley Fold

20. Great Yarmouth - Along the seafront