Alston

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 14° / 8° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:36

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences4

Neighbourhood team: North Penrith and Alston · Cumbria

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

383 reported road collisions (2024)

131 killed or seriously injured · 480 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

21 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alston (0.4 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£230,066 average▲ 11.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£812 average monthly rent▲ 6.5% YoY

• 1 bed £601
• 2 bed £769
• 3 bed £937

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Alston Gym (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Tour de France Grand Départ Trophy draws the crowds at County Show
• South Lakeland Family Hub - August news
• Relining works to begin, improving parking spaces at Westmorland Shopping Centre
• New plan aims to turn council spending into bigger benefits for local communities
• Kendal bridge to close for five days for essential repairs

Source: Westmorland and Furness Council

226,591 residents in Westmorland and Furness

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,508 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (25% of 117,810)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

162 schools · 31,227 pupils

121 primary · 19 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 49 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

147inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Westmorland and Furness

227 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices39
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies48
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Westmorland and Furness

• In a conservation area (Alston)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 47 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

255 applications decided

92.9% granted · 237 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Markus Campbell-Savours

Labour

Penrith and Solway

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 15
• Con 9
• LD 35
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£812 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,301 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 23,188 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

59% low-carbon electricity

Imports 41% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 9%

12 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.4 women · 62.8 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in CA9

• Alston Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penrith and Solway:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership389 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership287 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills253 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Samuel King's School · 0.1 km

  Samuel King's School is a mixed secondary school located in Alston in the English county of Cumbria. As of 2017 it had 73 students on roll. It is a comprehensive foundation school administered by Westmorland and Furne…

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  Alston Moor · 0.2 km

  Alston Moor, formerly known as Alston with Garrigill, is a civil parish and electoral ward in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, based around the small town of Alston.…

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  Alston Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Alston Town Hall is a municipal building in Front Street, Alston, Cumbria, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a public library, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Alston, Cumbria · 0.2 km

  Alston is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor. It is located at about 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level in the North Pennines, the River South Tyne, and shares…

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  Alston railway station · 0.5 km

  Alston is a heritage railway station on the South Tynedale Railway. The station, situated 13 miles (21 km) south of Haltwhistle, is in the market town of Alston, in Cumbria, England.

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  A686 road · 1.5 km

  The A686 is a road in Northern England. It runs from Penrith in Cumbria to Haydon Bridge in Northumberland. AA Magazine named the A686 as one of their "Ten Great Drives" owing to the dramatic scenery of the North Pe…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)