Blackwell (Carlisle)

8°CMist

• Today: 11° / 4° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 2° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:35

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

• 4.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Other theft1
• Public order1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Carlisle West Rural · Cumbria

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

388 reported road collisions (2025)

115 killed or seriously injured · 480 casualties · 14.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

81 food businesses within 2 miles

• 74 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Carlisle (3.7 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£172,654 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£681 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £508
• 2 bed £643
• 3 bed £785

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,147 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 170.7p · Asda (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

38 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: IMO Car Wash (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Cumberland's ceremonies team nominated for top regional wedding award· 30 Oct 2026
• Free Cumberland bike giveaway for local children· 30 Oct 2026
• Hop on board: new bus connections for Cockermouth and Papcastle· 29 Oct 2026
• Progress continues on Carlisle Market Hall bus hub improvements· 29 Oct 2026
• Lighting the Way for Workington Hall Following Planning Approval· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Cumberland Council

273,254 residents in Cumberland

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,516
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,851
• Net moves+2,665

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 98 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

10% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

172 inspected 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: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cumberland

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

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

337 applications decided

93.8% granted · 316 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £31,847 avg

e.g. Childrens Residential Team Leader, Care Assistant (Nights), Catering Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£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

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 · 6 pharmacies in CA2

• Eden Medical Group
• North Cumbria Integrated Care Nhs Ft
• Eden Valley Hospice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penrith and Solway:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks309 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills254 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately196 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK152 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth151 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Carlisle Racecourse · 0.5 km

  Carlisle Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in the village of Blackwell just outside Carlisle in Cumbria, England. The course has been on its present site since 1904, when it moved there from the…

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  Cummersdale railway station · 1.2 km

  Cummersdale was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) serving Cummersdale in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1858 and lay in the Parish of Cummersdale near to the village of High…

• St John Henry Newman Catholic School, Carlisle · 1.4 km

  St John Henry Newman Catholic School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form. It is located in Carlisle in the English county of Cumbria.

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  Brisco, Cumbria · 1.8 km

  Brisco or Birksceugh is a village in the civil parish of St Cuthbert Without, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located a few miles south of the city of Carlisle, near Junction 42 of…

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  Upperby · 1.8 km

  Upperby is a former village, now a suburb of Carlisle, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,476. In 1870–72 the township/chapelry…

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  St Cuthbert Without · 1.9 km

  St Cuthbert Without is a civil parish within the Cumberland unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The parish lies immediately to the south of Carlisle itself and includes the settlements of Blackwell, Durdar, Ca…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)