Great Clifton

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:38

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

99US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 4.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▼ 42% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Workington North · Cumbria

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

388 reported road collisions (2025)

115 killed or seriously injured · 480 casualties · 14.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Workington (4.6 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£172,654 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£681 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £508
• 2 bed £643
• 3 bed £785

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

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

4,147 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: 169.7p · Asda (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (4.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: The Melbreak Hotel (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Free Cumberland bike giveaway for local children· 30 Oct 2026
• Cumberland's ceremonies team nominated for top regional wedding award· 30 Oct 2026
• Progress continues on Carlisle Market Hall bus hub improvements· 29 Oct 2026
• Hop on board: new bus connections for Cockermouth and Papcastle· 29 Oct 2026
• Lighting the Way for Workington Hall Following Planning Approval· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Cumberland Council

273,254 residents in Cumberland

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,516
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,851
• Net moves+2,665

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 98 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

172 inspected 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: 86% 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)

337 applications decided

93.8% granted · 316 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh MacAlister

Labour

Whitehaven and Workington

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

82% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 55% · Wind 26% · Imports 13% · Gas 5%

22 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

5 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in CA14

• Distington Surgery
• James Street Group Pract
• Allerdale Primary Care Services

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Whitehaven and Workington:

• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK229 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth182 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately148 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND138 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills125 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Great Clifton · 0.4 km

  Great Clifton is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district in the English county of Cumbria. In the 2001 census, it has a population of 1,101, increasing slightly to 1,114 at the 2011 Census.

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  St Peter's Church, Camerton · 0.7 km

  St Peter's Church, Camerton is the Church of England parish church of Camerton, Cumbria. It is about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of the village.

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  Camerton railway station (Cumberland) · 1.1 km

  Camerton railway station was situated next to the River Derwent on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway. It served the village of Camerton, Cumberland, England.

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  Camerton Colliery Halt railway station · 1.4 km

  Camerton Colliery Halt railway station was an unadvertised halt for workers at one or both of the collieries at Camerton, near Cockermouth in Cumberland, England.

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  Winscales Moor Wind Farm · 1.4 km

  Winscales Moor Wind Farm is a group of 7 turbines located between the A595 and A66, near Winscales, in Cumbria, England. The turbines have a tip height of 81 metres, the total installed capacity is 5.95 MW. The wind f…

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  Camerton, Cumbria · 1.4 km

  Camerton is a small village and civil parish in Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park in England. According to older maps, it was originally called "Camberton".

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)