Bigrigg

16°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:40

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▲ 175% YoY

• Drugs5
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order2

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Egremont · Cumbria

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

411 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

113 food businesses within 2 miles

• 95 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: St Bees (3.3 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£172,036 average▲ 6.9% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (5.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: The Bridges Retail Park (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Council warns residents: Don’t bin your batteries after e-bike battery sparks fire risk in bin lorry
• Take Centre Stage at Carlisle's Christmas Lights Switch On 2026
• Helping Residents Plan Ahead for Upcoming Roadworks in Workington
• Tribute to outgoing Millom Town Deal Board Chair
• Festival of Curious Things in Workington postponed

Source: Cumberland Council

273,254 residents in Cumberland

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,511 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cumberland

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

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

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

285 applications decided

94.7% granted · 270 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Josh MacAlister

Labour

Whitehaven and Workington

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 71% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 4% · Gas 1%

4 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in CA22

• Fellview Healthcare
• Westcroft House Surgery
• Copeland Pcn Services Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Whitehaven and Workington:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office393 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s275 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership274 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance225 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test222 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Bigrigg · 0.3 km

  Bigrigg is a village in the civil parish of Egremont, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Until 1974 it was in the historic county of Cumberland. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Copel…

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  Clints Quarry · 0.7 km

  Clints Quarry is a nature reserve of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust, a former quarry about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Egremont in Cumbria, England. Wildlife has become established since quarrying ceased in 1930.

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  Woodend, Egremont · 0.8 km

  Woodend is a hamlet in the civil parish of Egremont, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Egremont, and east of Bigrigg, on the west of the River Ehen.

• Woodend railway station · 0.8 km

  Woodend railway station was planned by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway on its Sellafield to Moor Row branch, but by the time the station opened the company had been bought out by the LNWR and Furness Rail…

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  River Keekle · 1.0 km

  The River Keekle is a river running through the English county of Cumbria.

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  Gillfoot railway station · 1.1 km

  Gillfoot railway station was on the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway line half a mile north of Egremont station, in Cumbria, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)