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Holme (South Lakeland)

Holme (South Lakeland) is a village in Cumbria, England, with a population of around 800. There are four bus stops and the nearest railway station is Silverdale, 6 km away. There were around 4 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 Holme (South Lakeland) 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

8°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 4° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:30

9h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, 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▲ 350% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Kirkby Lonsdale, Sedbergh and Milnthorpe · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Speeding – Garsdale
  • We have seen a recent increase in reports of suspicious incidents and also thefts which have targeted local farms.

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

23 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 22 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Silverdale (6.0 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Silverdale (6.0 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (11.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: The Lakeland Wildlife Oasis (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds3

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
  • 21 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

Your MP

Lizzi Collinge

Labour

Morecambe and Lunesdale

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

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

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

Grid electricity

70% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Wind 30% · Gas 21% · Imports 9%

87 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in LA6

  • Lunesdale Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Morecambe and Lunesdale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Holme, Cumbria · 0.1 km

    Holme is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Burton-in-Kendal and 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Milnthorpe. The parish had a populat…

  • Clawthorpe Fell · 1.1 km

    Clawthorpe Fell is a nature reserve of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust, near Burton-in-Kendal in Cumbria, England. The reserve, and the neighbouring reserve Holme Park Quarry, are on the western edge of a large area of lim…

  • Clawthorpe · 1.5 km

    Clawthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Burton-in-Kendal, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is near the village of Burton-in-Kendal and the town of Kendal.…

  • Burton and Holme railway station · 1.6 km

    Burton and Holme railway station served the village of Burton-in-Kendal, Westmorland, England, from 1846 to 1966 on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.

  • Lakeland Wildlife Oasis · 1.8 km

    The Lakeland Wildlife Oasis is a small zoological collection near the town of Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England, with a science and evolution theme. Since April 2012 the zoo has been run by the registered charity Lakeland…

  • Hale, Cumbria · 1.9 km

    Hale is a hamlet near Beetham in the south of Cumbria, England. It lies on the A6 road, between Carnforth to the south and Milnthorpe to the north. It is in the civil parish of Beetham in the Westmorland and Furness l…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Holme (South Lakeland)?
Holme (South Lakeland) is a town in Cumbria, England, in the Westmorland and Furness local authority.
How deprived is Holme (South Lakeland)?
The Westmorland and Furness local authority, which includes Holme (South Lakeland), is around the average in England on the IoD2025.