Braithwaite

8°CClear

• Today: 10° / 3° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:33

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, 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

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)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 62 kW
• Nearest: Premier Inn Keswick (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Christmas countdown begins for Carlisle’s Christmas Light Switch-On· 3 Nov 2026
• Businesses and community groups urged to sign up for Tour de France event· 3 Nov 2026
• Let's talk about library services in Seaton· 3 Nov 2026
• New paths completed at California Road, Carlisle public open space· 3 Nov 2026
• Commemorating Remembrance in Cumberland 2026· 2 Nov 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
• 8 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

Markus Campbell-Savours

Labour

Penrith and Solway

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 & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

68% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 22% · Gas 22% · Imports 10%

87 gCO₂/kWh · 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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in CA12

• Castlehead Medical Centre

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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  Braithwaite · 0.2 km

  Braithwaite is a village in the northern Lake District, in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just to the west of Keswick and to the east of the Grisedale Pike ridge. It forms part of the civil pari…

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  Braithwaite railway station · 0.5 km

  Braithwaite railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway between Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumbria, England. The station served the village of Braithwaite.

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  Coledale Beck · 0.6 km

  Coledale Beck is a minor river running through Cumbria in England.

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  Swinside (Derwent Water) · 1.7 km

  Swinside is a hill in the northwestern area of the English Lake District. It is small, wooded and surrounded by much bigger and more popular fells, meaning it is often overlooked. Alfred Wainwright, for instance, fail…

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  Portinscale · 1.7 km

  Portinscale is a village in Cumbria, England, close to the western shore of Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park 1+1⁄2 miles from Keswick.

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  Thornthwaite · 1.9 km

  Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) by road from Kes…

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