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Grange-over-Sands

Grange-over-Sands is a town in Cumbria, England, with a population of around 4,788. It has 1 pharmacy and 12 restaurants and cafés, along with 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Grange-over-Sands, 1.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £318,533, and there were around 12 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 Grange-over-Sands 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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:20Sunset 16:29

9h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

9 reported · August 2026▼ 10% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Public order2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Drugs1

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

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

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

82 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 76 rated 4–5 ★ (70 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kents Bank (1.4 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kents Bank (1.3 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

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Netherwood Hotel (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches14
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

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
  • 40 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

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

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

56 jobs advertised · £37,992 avg

e.g. Field Service Engineer - Grantham to Peterborough Location, Waiter/Waitress, Michelin-Star Restaurant, Part Time Development Manager - Ashdale

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

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in LA11

  • Nutwood Medical Practice
  • Cartmel 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

  • Grange Fell Church, Grange-Over-Sands · 0.8 km

    Grange Fell Church commonly referred to by locals as the Fell Church is a Church of England church in the Grange Fell area of Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. It was built in 1907. Its benefice is united with thos…

  • Grange-over-Sands · 0.8 km

    Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 4,114, incre…

  • Grange Lido · 0.9 km

    Grange Lido is an open-air 50-metre sea-water swimming pool, or lido, in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. It opened in 1932 and closed in 1993, but campaigners are working to see it re-opened as a swimming pool. R…

  • Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel · 1.1 km

    Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel, formerly Upper Allithwaite is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Historically it is in the county of Lancashir…

  • Allithwaite · 1.1 km

    Allithwaite is a village in Cumbria, England, located roughly 1.2 miles (1.9 km) west of Grange-over-Sands. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Allithwaite, and the village of Cartmel situated…

  • St Mary's Church, Allithwaite · 1.2 km

    St Mary's Church is in the village of Allithwaite, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its ben…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Grange-over-Sands?
Grange-over-Sands is a town in Cumbria, England, in the Westmorland and Furness local authority.
What is the population of Grange-over-Sands?
Grange-over-Sands has an approximate settlement population of 4,788.
How deprived is Grange-over-Sands?
The Westmorland and Furness local authority, which includes Grange-over-Sands, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.