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Beckermet

Beckermet is a village in Cumbria, England, with a population of around 704. It has 3 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Braystones (1.9 km), and the average sold house price is around £251,373. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Beckermet area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Cumberland
County
Cumbria
Constituency
Copeland
Police force
Cumbria
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 106th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Home affordability99
Affordable rents100
Good schools51
Life expectancy24
Low council tax29

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 60% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 17° / 12° · 91% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:40

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Egremont · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • YOU SAID Increase in traffic to the local Area during the summer holidays, is a concern due to illegal parking and speeding. information…

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

Road safety

411 reported road collisions (2024)

114 killed or seriously injured · 506 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

14 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 14 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Braystones (2.0 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Braystones (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£172,036 average 6.9% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-06

Detached£287,399
Semi-detached£178,853
Terraced£141,543
Flat£94,414

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£675 average monthly rent 6.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £503
  • 2 bed £637
  • 3 bed £778

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

Affordability

4.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.2 times median annual pay (4.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 13 kW
  • Nearest: Sella Park Country House Hotel (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

273,254 residents in Cumberland

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,511 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 138,550)

A £1,674
B £1,953
C £2,232
D £2,511
E £3,069
F £3,627
G £4,186
H £5,023

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

Schools

180 schools · 39,292 pupils

145 primary · 19 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 64 of 72 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

172inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Keswick SchoolOutstanding
  • Caldew SchoolGood
  • Energy Coast UTCGood
  • Millom SchoolGood
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolGood
  • The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolGood
  • The Whitehaven AcademyGood
  • Workington AcademyGood
  • St Josephs Catholic High School, WorkingtonRequires improvement
  • Beacon Hill Community School
  • Cockermouth School
  • Netherhall School
  • Richard Rose Central Academy
  • Richard Rose Morton Academy
  • Solway Community School
  • St Benedict's Catholic High School
  • Trinity School
  • West Lakes Academy
  • William Howard School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cumberland

Care & health services

256 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes78
  • GP practices29
  • Dentists54
  • Homecare agencies61
  • Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cumberland

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

285 applications decided

94.7% granted · 270 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 25
  • Con 8
  • LD 4
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£800 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,684 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 24,300 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.1 women · 59 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Whitehaven and Workington:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St John, Beckermet · 0.4 km

    St John, Beckermet, is in Beckermet, Cumbria, England. It is an Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Seatallan. This is a Grade II Listed Building.

  • Beckermet · 0.4 km

    Beckermet is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, between Egremont and Seascale. The parish had a population of 1,619 in the 2011 census.

  • Beckermet railway station · 0.6 km

    Beckermet railway station is a disused rail station located in the village of Beckermet in Cumbria.

  • Blackbeck · 1.4 km

    Blackbeck is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is northeast of Beckermet and Sellafield, along the A595 road. It contains properties such as the Blackbeck Inn, Blackbeck Farm and Brow House.

  • Beckermet Mines railway station · 1.7 km

    Beckermet Mines railway station was situated at Pit No.1 of the mine of the same name. It was used by workmen's trains which travelled along a branch which curved eastwards off the Moor Row to Sellafield line, primari…

  • Thornhill, Cumbria · 1.8 km

    Thornhill is a village in the county of Cumbria, England, south of Whitehaven and north of Seascale, close to St. Bees, and only a few miles from the Irish Sea. The village was created by Whitehaven Rural District Cou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Beckermet?
Beckermet is a town in Cumbria, England, in the Cumberland local authority.
What is the population of Beckermet?
Beckermet has an approximate settlement population of 704.