Natland

9°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 6° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:20Sunset 16:28

9h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 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

17 reported · August 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Public order3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Shoplifting2

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Kendal, Burneside and Endmoor · Cumbria

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

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)

59 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,161 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (1.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (1.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Lean more about safety and accessibility road improvement proposals in Penrith· 4 Nov 2026
• Council tribute for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day· 3 Nov 2026
• Eden Family Hub News - October· 3 Nov 2026
• South Lakes Family Hub news - October· 3 Nov 2026
• Landlord fined for unlicensed HMO in Barrow· 2 Nov 2026

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)

• 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

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

£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

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)

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

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

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

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

283 applications decided

94% granted · 266 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat

Westmorland and Lonsdale

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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £35,000 avg

e.g. Veterinary Nurse - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£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

75% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 32% · Gas 15% · Imports 10%

58 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

8 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LA9

• Captain French Surgery
• The James Cochrane Pract.
• Station House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Westmorland and Lonsdale:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks454 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases220 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills203 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately173 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth140 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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.

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  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…

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  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…

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