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Moor Row

Moor Row is a village in Cumbria, England, with a population of around 787. It has 6 bus stops and the nearest railway station is St Bees, 4 km away. The average sold house price is around £121,458, and there were around 16 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 Moor Row area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Cumberland
County
Cumbria
Constituency
Copeland
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: 17° / 14° · 82% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 12° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:35

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Crime

21 reported · July 2026 163% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences12
  • Drugs3
  • Public order2
  • Shoplifting2

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Egremont · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • YOU SAID Increase in traffic to the local Area during the summer holidays, is a concern due to illegal parking and speeding. information…

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

102 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 87 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: St Bees (4.0 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from St Bees (4.0 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: The Bridges Retail Park (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds4

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
  • 14 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

Josh MacAlister

Labour

Whitehaven and Workington

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Future Programme Delivery and Project Control Opportunities, Associate Director - Fire Safety Engineering

Source: Adzuna

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Wind 32% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

43 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 Whitehaven and Workington:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Moor Row · 0.2 km

    Moor Row is a village in Cumbria, North West England. It is in Egremont civil parish and lies on a minor road off the A595, south-east of Whitehaven. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 759.

  • Moor Row railway station · 0.4 km

    Moor Row railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the village of Moor Row, Cumbria, England.

  • St John, Bigrigg · 0.7 km

    St John, Bigrigg is an Anglican church near Bigrigg, in Cumbria in northern England. It is in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Egremont. The church is a Grade II listed building.

  • Bigrigg · 1.2 km

    Bigrigg is a village in the civil parish of Egremont, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Until 1974 it was in the historic county of Cumberland. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Copel…

  • St Leonard, Cleator · 1.3 km

    St Leonard is a church in Cleator, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Crosslacon. The church is a Grade II listed building.

  • Cleator · 1.4 km

    Cleator is a village in the civil parish of Cleator Moor, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Cleator is located on the edge of the Lake District, with Dent Fell on the skyline to the south east. It is inc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Moor Row?
Moor Row is a town in Cumbria, England, in the Cumberland local authority.
What is the population of Moor Row?
Moor Row has an approximate settlement population of 787.