Portinscale

14°CLight rain shower

• Today: 15° / 9° · 93% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:39

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

12 reported · July 2026▼ 57% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Shoplifting3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order2

3 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Keswick · Cumbria

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

411 reported road collisions (2024)

114 killed or seriously injured · 506 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

164 food businesses within 2 miles

• 147 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Threlkeld Quarry (7.6 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£172,036 average▲ 6.9% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 62 kW
• Nearest: Premier Inn Keswick (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Council warns residents: Don’t bin your batteries after e-bike battery sparks fire risk in bin lorry
• Take Centre Stage at Carlisle's Christmas Lights Switch On 2026
• Helping Residents Plan Ahead for Upcoming Roadworks in Workington
• Tribute to outgoing Millom Town Deal Board Chair
• Festival of Curious Things in Workington postponed

Source: Cumberland Council

273,254 residents in Cumberland

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£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%)

172inspected 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: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cumberland

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

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

285 applications decided

94.7% granted · 270 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Markus Campbell-Savours

Labour

Penrith and Solway

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)

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens38
• Restaurants & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £33,197 avg

e.g. Become a Spanish Tutor in Portinscale – Flexible & Remote, Country House Manager, Online Yoga Tutor - Part Time

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

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 71% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 4% · Biomass 1%

4 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penrith and Solway:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership389 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership287 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills253 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Portinscale · 0.3 km

  Portinscale is a village in Cumbria, England, close to the western shore of Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park 1+1⁄2 miles from Keswick.

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  River Greta, Cumbria · 0.5 km

  The River Greta is a river in Cumbria, England. It is a tributary of the River Derwent and flows through the town of Keswick. "Greta" derives from the Old Norse "Griótá", meaning "stony stream". The name is in records…

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  St Kentigern's Church, Crosthwaite · 1.1 km

  Crosthwaite Parish Church is a church at Great Crosthwaite on the outskirts of Keswick in Cumbria, England. It is dedicated to St Kentigern and is the Anglican church of the parish of Crosthwaite. Since 1951 it has be…

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  Keswick School of Industrial Art · 1.2 km

  Keswick School of Industrial Art (KSIA) was founded in 1884 by Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley and his wife Edith as an evening class in woodwork and repoussé metalwork at the Crosthwaite Parish Rooms, in Keswick, Cumbria. T…

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  Keswick School · 1.2 km

  Keswick School is a coeducational 11–18 academy in Cumbria, England. There are 1200 pupils on roll, with 260 students in the sixth form and 40 boarders.

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  Lingholm · 1.2 km

  Lingholm is a country house just outside Portinscale in Cumbria, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)