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Natland

Natland is a village in Cumbria, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has 1 GP or clinic, 2 pharmacies, and 4 restaurants or cafés, along with 10 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Oxenholme Lake District, 1.4 km away. In June 2026, there were around 17 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Natland area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Westmorland and Furness
County
Cumbria
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Police force
Cumbria
65/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 42nd of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Home affordability85
Affordable rents95
Good schools60
Life expectancy62
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 60% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 17° / 15° · 77% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:34

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

Crime

32 reported · July 2026 78% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Other theft5
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Public order3

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Kendal, Burneside and Endmoor · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • You have told us that you are concerned, as business owners and local residents that you are concerned about a group of youths causing is…
  • You have told us that you have seen increasing numbers of electric motorbikes and electric scooters being used in an anti social manner a…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

65 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 54 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Oxenholme Lake District (1.4 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Oxenholme Lake District (1.4 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£230,066 average 11.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-06

Detached£391,284
Semi-detached£249,512
Terraced£186,366
Flat£133,604

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Asda (1.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (1.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 290 kW
  • Nearest: Murley Moss Business Park (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds5

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)

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

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)

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 School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

255 applications decided

92.9% granted · 237 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat

Westmorland and Lonsdale

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

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

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens37
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

26 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg

e.g. Online Drawing Tutor - Part Time, Online History Tutoring Job in Natland – Flexible Schedule, Online History Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 49% · Wind 28% · Imports 13% · Gas 8%

34 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Westmorland and Lonsdale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Natland · 0.0 km

    Natland is a village and civil parish about two miles (3 km) south of Kendal in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, close to the village of Oxenholme. In the 2001 census the parish had a populati…

  • St Mark's Church, Natland · 0.1 km

    St Mark's Church is in the village of Natland, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is…

  • Oxenholme · 1.0 km

    Oxenholme is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness area of Cumbria, England. It is in the historic county of Westmorland and is part of the civil parish of Kendal, and lies just to the south east of the town. It is…

  • Westmorland General Hospital · 1.2 km

    Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) is a hospital in Kendal, Cumbria, England. It is managed by the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Oxenholme Lake District railway station · 1.4 km

    Oxenholme Lake District railway station serves the village of Oxenholme, near Kendal, in Cumbria, England. It is a stop on the West Coast Main Line and is the south-eastern terminus of the branch line to Windermere. T…

  • Alavana · 1.5 km

    Alavana was a name tentatively applied to the ruins of a Roman fort at Watercrook about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of Kendal in Cumbria, for which the Roman name Medibogdo is a perfect fit to its river-bend position. The for…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)