My Area UK

Hayton (Carlisle)

Hayton (Carlisle) is a village in Cumbria, England. It has 3 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Brampton, 4.7 km away, and there were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hayton (Carlisle) area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Cumberland
County
Cumbria
Constituency
Penrith and The Border
Police force
Cumbria
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 106th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Home affordability99
Affordable rents100
Good schools51
Life expectancy24
Low council tax29

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 60% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 12° · 56% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:33

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Other crime1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Brampton and East Rural · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Complaints around speeding and manner of driving in a number of rural villages. Information from members of the public. Originally raised…

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

Road safety

411 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

9 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brampton (4.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brampton (Cumbria) (4.7 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£172,036 average 6.9% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-06

Detached£287,399
Semi-detached£178,853
Terraced£141,543
Flat£94,414

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (11.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (11.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Showfields Car Park (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

273,254 residents in Cumberland

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,511 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 138,550)

A £1,674
B £1,953
C £2,232
D £2,511
E £3,069
F £3,627
G £4,186
H £5,023

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Keswick SchoolOutstanding
  • Caldew SchoolGood
  • Energy Coast UTCGood
  • Millom SchoolGood
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolGood
  • The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolGood
  • The Whitehaven AcademyGood
  • Workington AcademyGood
  • St Josephs Catholic High School, WorkingtonRequires improvement
  • Beacon Hill Community School
  • Cockermouth School
  • Netherhall School
  • Richard Rose Central Academy
  • Richard Rose Morton Academy
  • Solway Community School
  • St Benedict's Catholic High School
  • Trinity School
  • West Lakes Academy
  • William Howard School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cumberland

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

285 applications decided

94.7% granted · 270 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Ms Julie Minns

Labour

Carlisle

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 25
  • Con 8
  • LD 4
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 32% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

45 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Carlisle:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hayton, Cumberland · 0.2 km

    Hayton is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district, in Cumbria, England, roughly 8 miles (13 km) east of Carlisle, and 10 miles (16 km) from the England/Scotland border. The population of the parish taken…

  • How Mill railway station · 1.2 km

    How Mill was a railway station which served the village of The How, near Brampton in Cumbria. The station was closed on 5 January 1959, four years before the Beeching Axe.

  • Edmond Castle · 1.3 km

    Edmond Castle is a nineteenth-century structure north of the village of Hayton, Carlisle, Cumbria in England. The history of Edmond Castle is intertwined with the Graham family.

  • How, Cumbria · 1.5 km

    How is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria.

  • Fenton, Cumbria · 1.9 km

    Fenton is a village in the civil parish of Hayton, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria. It is near the small town of Brampton. The name "Fenton" means "settlement by a fen". The village is…

  • Gelt Woods · 2.0 km

    Gelt Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the valley of the River Gelt. It is located 2km south of Brampton, near the village of Low Geltbridge in Cumbria, England. This protected area includes exc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)