Houghton (Carlisle)

7°CCloudy

• Today: 12° / 5° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:31

9h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, 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

36 reported · August 2026▲ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Public order6
• Drugs5
• Possession of weapons3

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Brampton and East Rural · 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)

80 food businesses within 2 miles

• 73 rated 4–5 ★ (71 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Carlisle (3.9 km)
• 7 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: 170.7p · Asda (1.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (1.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lloyd Carlisle BMW (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Have your say and help shape the future of the Solway Coast· 2 Nov 2026
• Ullock Bridge improvements rescheduled to minimise disruption for local community· 2 Nov 2026
• Operation Impact: Town by town, council teams take action across Cumberland· 2 Nov 2026
• Commemorating Remembrance in Cumberland 2026· 2 Nov 2026
• Christmas markets bring festive shopping to Cumberland· 2 Nov 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
• 29 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

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)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £47,893 avg

e.g. Childrens Residential Team Leader, Registered Manager- Childrens Residential, FOH Assistant, Houghton Hall Garden Centre

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Wind 21% · Imports 13% · Gas 11%

46 gCO₂/kWh · 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

1 GP surgery · 5 pharmacies in CA3

• Recovery Steps Cumbria

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Carlisle:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases238 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth190 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England184 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills164 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings163 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide

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

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  Houghton, Cumbria · 0.1 km

  Houghton is a village to the north of Carlisle in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural. Hadrian's Wall runs past the village to the south along past Whiteclos…

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  Brunstock · 0.9 km

  Brunstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Circa 1870, the township had a population of 84 as recorded in the Imperial Gazette…

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  Hadrian's Camp · 1.0 km

  Hadrian's Camp was a military installation on the line of Hadrian's Wall at Houghton in Cumbria, England.

• Milecastle 64 · 1.0 km

  Milecastle 64 (Drawdykes) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY41775874).

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  Tarraby · 1.1 km

  Tarraby is a hamlet in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Circa 1870, it had a population of 106 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Tarraby became a conservation area…

• Milecastle 65 · 1.4 km

  Milecastle 65 (Tarraby) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY40855793).

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)