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Cartmel

Cartmel is a town or village in Cumbria, England, with seven restaurants and cafés and one bus stop, while the nearest railway station is Grange-over-Sands, 2.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 5 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cartmel area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Westmorland and Furness
County
Cumbria
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Police force
Cumbria
65/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 42nd of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Home affordability85
Affordable rents95
Good schools60
Life expectancy62
Low council tax30

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

13°COvercast

  • Today: 18° / 13° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:35

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Crime

6 reported · July 2026 100% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Other theft1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Grange, Cartmel, Newby Bridge and Levens · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Marine Theft – Operation Headway
  • We have received concerns about dangerous parking outside schools and on zig zag markings. Patrols will continue to visit primary and sec…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

88 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: Coast at North Morecambe Bay

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Grange-over-Sands (2.9 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Grange-Over-Sands (2.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£230,066 average 11.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-06

Detached£391,284
Semi-detached£249,512
Terraced£186,366
Flat£133,604

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · BP (6.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (6.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Howbarrow Farm (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

226,591 residents in Westmorland and Furness

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,508 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,672
B £1,951
C £2,229
D £2,508
E £3,065
F £3,623
G £4,180
H £5,016

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Appleby Grammar SchoolGood
  • Furness AcademyGood
  • John Ruskin SchoolGood
  • Kirkby Stephen Grammar SchoolGood
  • Queen Elizabeth Grammar School PenrithGood
  • Queen Elizabeth SchoolGood
  • Queen Elizabeth Studio SchoolGood
  • St Bernards Catholic High School, BarrowGood
  • The Lakes SchoolGood
  • The Queen Katherine SchoolGood
  • Ullswater Community CollegeGood
  • Dallam SchoolRequires improvement
  • Cartmel Priory CofE School
  • Dowdales School
  • Kirkbie Kendal School
  • Samuel King's School
  • Settlebeck School
  • Ulverston Victoria High School
  • Walney School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

255 applications decided

92.9% granted · 237 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat

Westmorland and Lonsdale

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised

e.g. Join Our Shop in the Quaint Village of Cartmel., Stagiaire at L'Enclume, Become a Geography Tutor in Cartmel – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 50% · Wind 33% · Biomass 11% · Gas 5%

32 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Westmorland and Lonsdale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cartmel Priory School · 0.2 km

    Cartmel Priory CofE School is a mixed 11-16 Church of England comprehensive secondary school and academy in Cartmel, Cumbria, England.

  • Cartmel · 0.3 km

    Cartmel is a village in Furness (traditionally "Lancashire-over-the-Sands", England, 2+1⁄4 miles northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea. The village takes its name from the Cartmel Peninsula, and it was…

  • Cartmel Priory · 0.4 km

    Cartmel Priory is a former medieval Augustinian monastery in Cartmel, Cumbria, England. The priory's surviving church serves as the Anglican parish church of Cartmel.

  • L'Enclume · 0.5 km

    L'Enclume is a Modern British restaurant opened in 2002 in Cartmel, Cumbria, England, run by the chef Simon Rogan and his partner, Penny Tapsell. L'Enclume received a rating of 10 out of 10 five times in The Good Food…

  • Cartmel Priory Gatehouse · 0.5 km

    Cartmel Priory Gatehouse is a medieval building located at Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. It is listed Grade II* and is part of a scheduled monument. It belongs to the National Trust.

  • Cartmel Racecourse · 0.7 km

    Cartmel Racecourse is a small national hunt racecourse in the village of Cartmel, now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, historically in Lancashire. Until 1969, the two day Whitsun meeting was Cartmel's only fixture…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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