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Coniston

Coniston is a village in Cumbria, England, with a population of around 641. The area has around 7 restaurants and cafés, 8 bus stops, and the average sold house price is around £368,000. There were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Coniston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Westmorland and Furness area is around the average in England (IoD2025).

Council
Westmorland and Furness
County
Cumbria
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Police force
Cumbria
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 54th of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Home affordability85
Affordable rents95
Good schools60
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation56
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 70% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

6°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 10° / 3° · 14% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:35

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

6 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

  • Public order4
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Windermere, Ambleside, Grasmere and Staveley · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour in the Night Time & Evening Economy of Bowness on Windermere. Reassessed October 2026 - remains relevant
  • There has been an issue with the theft of boats and boat engines in the Windermere and Coniston areas in recent years. Reassessed October…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

39 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 37 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Windermere (11.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£231,161 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-08

Detached£390,474
Semi-detached£250,884
Terraced£188,147
Flat£134,138

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 11 kW
  • Nearest: Coniston Ruskin Avenue (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds3

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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

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

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)

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 Academy

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

283 applications decided

94% granted · 266 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat

Westmorland and Lonsdale

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

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 & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £26,832 avg

e.g. FOH Supervisor Live In, Commis Chef - Live In

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

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

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 0 pharmacies in LA21

  • Wraysdale House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Westmorland and Lonsdale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Coniston, Cumbria · 0.1 km

    Coniston is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,058, decreasing at the 2011 census to 928. Within the boundaries…

  • John Ruskin School · 0.2 km

    John Ruskin School (JRS) is an 11–16 school on Lake Road in Coniston, Cumbria. The school is part of the Rural Academy, a group of nine small schools in Cumbria which was awarded Technology College status in 2004, and…

  • Ruskin Museum · 0.2 km

    The Ruskin Museum is a small local museum in Coniston, Cumbria, northern England.

  • Coniston railway station (England) · 0.4 km

    Coniston railway station was the northern terminus of the Coniston branch line in the village of Coniston, Lancashire, England.

  • Cat Bank · 0.4 km

    Cat Bank is a hamlet in Cumbria, England.

  • SY Gondola · 0.9 km

    The steam yacht Gondola is a rebuilt Victorian, screw-propelled, steam-powered passenger vessel on Coniston Water, England. Originally launched in 1859, she was built for the steamer service carrying passengers from t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Coniston?
Coniston is a town in Cumbria, England, in the Westmorland and Furness local authority.
What is the population of Coniston?
Coniston has an approximate settlement population of 641.
How deprived is Coniston?
The Westmorland and Furness local authority, which includes Coniston, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.