St Bees

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:22Sunset 16:33

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 4.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: South Whitehaven and St Bees · Cumbria

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

388 reported road collisions (2025)

115 killed or seriously injured · 480 casualties · 14.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: St Bees (1.0 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£172,654 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£681 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £508
• 2 bed £643
• 3 bed £785

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,147 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: The Bridges Retail Park (6.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New paths completed at California Road, Carlisle public open space· 3 Nov 2026
• Christmas countdown begins for Carlisle’s Christmas Light Switch-On· 3 Nov 2026
• Businesses and community groups urged to sign up for Tour de France event· 3 Nov 2026
• Let's talk about library services in Seaton· 3 Nov 2026
• Ullock Bridge improvements rescheduled to minimise disruption for local community· 2 Nov 2026

Source: Cumberland Council

273,254 residents in Cumberland

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,516
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,851
• Net moves+2,665

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 98 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

10% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

172 inspected 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: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cumberland

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

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

337 applications decided

93.8% granted · 316 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh MacAlister

Labour

Whitehaven and Workington

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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

69% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 26% · Gas 22% · Imports 10%

88 gCO₂/kWh · 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 Whitehaven and Workington:

• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK229 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth182 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately148 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND138 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills125 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Pow Beck · 0.4 km

  Pow Beck is a stream in Cumbria, rising near Mirehouse and flowing in a southwesterly direction to the village of St Bees where it flows into the Irish Sea. Despite rising only 0.62 miles (1 km) south of Whitehaven Ha…

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  St Bees · 0.9 km

  St Bees is a coastal village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England, on the Irish Sea.

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  St Bees railway station · 1.0 km

  St Bees railway station is a railway station serving the village of St Bees in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and man…

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  St Bees Theological College · 1.1 km

  St Bees Theological College, close to the coast of Cumberland, was the first independent theological college to be established for the training of Church of England ordinands. It was founded in 1816 by George Henry La…

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  St Bees Priory · 1.2 km

  St Bees Priory is the parish church of St Bees, Cumbria, in England. There is evidence of a pre-Norman religious site, on which a Benedictine priory was founded by the first Norman Lord of Egremont William Meschin. It…

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  St Bees School · 1.2 km

  St Bees School is a co-educational fee-charging school, located in the West Cumbrian village of St Bees, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)