Lindal in Furness

16°CCloudy

• Today: 16° / 15° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:36

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▲ 400% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Public order2

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ulverston, Coniston, Low Furness and High Furness · Cumbria

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

383 reported road collisions (2024)

131 killed or seriously injured · 480 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

62 food businesses within 2 miles

• 53 rated 4–5 ★ (48 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Coast at North Morecambe Bay

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Dalton (3.0 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,066 average▲ 11.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£812 average monthly rent▲ 6.5% YoY

• 1 bed £601
• 2 bed £769
• 3 bed £937

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (8.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Orchard Cottage Ulverston (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Tour de France Grand Départ Trophy draws the crowds at County Show
• South Lakeland Family Hub - August news
• Residents invited to have their say on local polling arrangements
• Relining works to begin, improving parking spaces at Westmorland Shopping Centre
• New plan aims to turn council spending into bigger benefits for local communities

Source: Westmorland and Furness Council

226,591 residents in Westmorland and Furness

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,508 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (25% of 117,810)

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

162 schools · 31,227 pupils

121 primary · 19 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 49 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

147inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Westmorland and Furness

227 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices39
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies48
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Westmorland and Furness

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

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

255 applications decided

92.9% granted · 237 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michelle Scrogham

Labour

Barrow and Furness

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 15
• Con 9
• LD 35
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 57% · Imports 19% · Wind 12% · Biomass 8%

25 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barrow and Furness:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office414 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s357 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership342 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership250 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test205 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Lindal railway incident · 0.1 km

  The Lindal railway incident happened on Thursday 22 September 1892 near Lindal-in-Furness, a village lying between the Cumbria towns of Ulverston and Dalton-in-Furness. A Furness Railway D1 locomotive, No.115, was shu…

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  Lindal-in-Furness · 0.3 km

  Lindal-in-Furness is a village on the Furness peninsula, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies eight miles to the north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, on the A590…

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  Lindal railway station · 0.5 km

  Lindal railway station served Lindal-in-Furness in the Furness area of Lancashire, England .

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  Pennington, Cumbria · 1.4 km

  Pennington is a small village and civil parish in Furness, a region of Cumbria, England. Pennington lies between Ulverston, Rosside and Lindal. Pennington is located just off the nearby A590, with the nearest railway…

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  South Lakes Safari Zoo · 1.7 km

  South Lakes Safari Zoo was a 51-acre (21 ha) zoo established in 1994 by David Gill, and located in Cumbria, England. Its name refers to its proximity to the Lake District, though it lies entirely within the Borough of…

• Heaning Wood Bone Cave · 1.7 km

  Heaning Wood Bone Cave is a cave of archaeological importance in Great Urswick, Cumbria, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)