Harker

12°CMist

• Today: 18° / 8° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:38

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson3
• Shoplifting3
• Vehicle crime2
• Violence & sexual offences2

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Brampton and East Rural · 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)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 rated 4–5 ★ (50 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Carlisle (5.4 km)
• 2 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: 163.7p · Asda (1.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (1.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Border Carlisle-Hyundai (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Take Centre Stage at Carlisle's Christmas Lights Switch On 2026
• 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
• 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
• 13 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

Ms Julie Minns

Labour

Carlisle

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
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

17 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Applied Mathematics Tutoring Job in Harker – Flexible Schedule, Become a Applied Mathematics Tutor in Harker – Flexible & Remote, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

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

95% low-carbon electricity

Wind 60% · Nuclear 31% · Imports 3% · Solar 3%

9 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Carlisle:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office485 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s376 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership369 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance268 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership238 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Harker, Cumbria · 0.1 km

  Harker is a settlement in the parish of Rockcliffe, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Harker is located along the A7 road on the Solway Plain. Harker is situated approximately two miles no…

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  Harker railway station · 1.0 km

  Harker railway station served the settlement of Harker, Cumbria, England, between 1861 and 1969 on the Waverley Line.

• Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland · 1.1 km

  Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland is an Independent Local Radio station based in Carlisle, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Cumbria and…

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  Parkhouse Halt railway station · 1.1 km

  Parkhouse Halt railway station was built for the nearby RAF Kingstown from 1941 to 1969 on the Waverley Line.

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  Blackford, Cumbria · 1.3 km

  Blackford is a village in Cumbria, England, close to Gretna, Scotland.

• RAF Carlisle · 1.6 km

  Royal Air Force Carlisle or more simply RAF Carlisle is a former Royal Air Force station, now closed after being used for a variety of roles over a period of fifty eight years and formerly located 2 mi (3.2 km) north…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)