Culgaith

5°CCloudy

• Today: 6° / 4° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 7° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:28

9h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, 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

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)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Langwathby (5.2 km)
• 0 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

• Cheapest petrol: 175.9p · Asda (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (8.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Center Parcs-Whinfell Forest (for Center Parcs Guests Only) (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• South Lakes Family Hub news - October· 3 Nov 2026
• Council tribute for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day· 3 Nov 2026
• Eden Family Hub News - October· 3 Nov 2026
• Landlord fined for unlicensed HMO in Barrow· 2 Nov 2026
• Bookings Open 19 November for Westmorland & Furness Winter HAF programme· 29 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
• 18 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

Markus Campbell-Savours

Labour

Penrith and Solway

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)

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 25% · Gas 20% · Imports 9%

83 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

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in CA10

• Shap Medical Practice
• Temple Sowerby Medical Practice
• Kirkoswald Surgery

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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  Culgaith railway station · 0.5 km

  Culgaith railway station served the village of Culgaith in Cumberland, England from 1880 to 1970.

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  Culgaith · 0.7 km

  Culgaith is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, north-west England. The village is on a ridge above the River Eden, between Temple Sowerby and Langwathby. At the 2001 census…

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  River Eamont · 1.1 km

  The River Eamont is a river in Cumbria, England and one of the major tributaries of the River Eden. The name of the river is from Old English (ēa-gemōt) and is a back formation from Eamont Bridge which means the 'junc…

• Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill · 1.7 km

  Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill is a National Trust property situated just north of Temple Sowerby, near Penrith, Cumbria, England.

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  Vale of Eden · 2.0 km

  The Vale of Eden, also known as the Eden Valley, is formed by the course of the River Eden, one of the major rivers of Northwest England. It is however of much greater extent than the actual valley of the river, lying…

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  Temple Sowerby · 2.3 km

  Temple Sowerby is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, northern England. It is close to the main east–west A66 road about 8 miles (13 km) east of Penrith in the Eden Valley. At the 2011 census Temple Sowerby was gro…

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