Dearham

13°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 12° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:38

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Maryport · Cumbria

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

411 reported road collisions (2024)

114 killed or seriously injured · 506 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Maryport (3.2 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£172,036 average▲ 6.9% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£675 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £503
• 2 bed £637
• 3 bed £778

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Morrisons (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (9.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Netherhall School (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Helping Residents Plan Ahead for Upcoming Roadworks in Workington
• Council warns residents: Don’t bin your batteries after e-bike battery sparks fire risk in bin lorry
• Take Centre Stage at Carlisle's Christmas Lights Switch On 2026
• Festival of Curious Things in Workington postponed
• Tribute to outgoing Millom Town Deal Board Chair

Source: Cumberland Council

273,254 residents in Cumberland

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£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%)

172inspected 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: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cumberland

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

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

285 applications decided

94.7% granted · 270 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 55% · Imports 17% · Gas 12% · Biomass 6%

56 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penrith and Solway:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership389 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership287 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills253 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Dearham · 0.2 km

  Dearham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park in England. It lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Maryport and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Cockermo…

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  St Mungo's Church, Dearham · 0.3 km

  St Mungo's Church is in the village of Dearham, Cumbria, England. The church is dedicated to St Mungo, also known as Kentigern, the apostle of Strathclyde. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solw…

• Dearham railway station · 1.0 km

  Dearham railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England.

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  Dearham Bridge railway station · 1.1 km

  Dearham Bridge was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) serving the village and rural district of Dearham in Cumberland, England. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1842 as Dearham, but was…

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  A594 road (Cumbria) · 1.7 km

  The A594 is a main road in Cumbria, that runs between the A596 in Maryport and the A595 on the outskirts of Cockermouth. Its total length is around 6 miles (9.7 km).

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  Tallentire · 1.8 km

  Tallentire is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bridekirk, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Cockermouth. The village is located just outside…

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