Cartmel

6°CSunny

• Today: 11° / 4° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · 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

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 4.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

4 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other crime1

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

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

393 reported road collisions (2025)

135 killed or seriously injured · 500 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

88 food businesses within 2 miles

• 78 rated 4–5 ★ (73 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,161 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£816 average monthly rent▲ 6.4% YoY

• 1 bed £604
• 2 bed £772
• 3 bed £942

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

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

3,339 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

4 charging locations within ~8 km

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

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Bookings Open 19 November for Westmorland & Furness Winter HAF programme· 29 Oct 2026
• Supporting National Care Leavers Month November 2026· 29 Oct 2026
• Celebrating participation during Occupational Therapy Week 2026· 29 Oct 2026
• We are winter ready, are you?· 26 Oct 2026
• Make sure you are winter ready· 26 Oct 2026

Source: Westmorland and Furness Council

226,591 residents in Westmorland and Furness

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,846
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,786
• Net moves+2,060

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 165 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,508 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

161 schools · 31,227 pupils

121 primary · 19 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 49 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

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

229 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices40
• Dentists56
• Homecare agencies48
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Westmorland and Furness

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

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

283 applications decided

94% granted · 266 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat

Westmorland and Lonsdale

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised

e.g. Waiter/Waitress, Michelin-Star Restaurant, Demi Chef de Partie at L'Enclume., Join our 3 Michelin Star Front of House Team

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 47% · Wind 26% · Imports 13% · Gas 9%

40 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in LA11

• Nutwood Medical Practice
• Cartmel Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Westmorland and Lonsdale:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks454 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases220 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills203 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately173 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth140 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  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.

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  Cartmel · 0.3 km

  Cartmel is a village in Westmorland and Furness, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, 2+1⁄4 miles northwest of Grange-over-Sands and close to the River Eea. The village takes its name from the Cartmel Peninsu…

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  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.

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  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…

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  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.

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  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)