Temple Sowerby

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 7° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:37

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

47US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Burglary1
• Public order1

6 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Appleby · Cumbria

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

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)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Langwathby (7.7 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,066 average▲ 11.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Morrisons (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (9.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Center Parcs-Whinfell Forest (for Center Parcs Guests Only) (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Tour de France Grand Départ Trophy draws the crowds at County Show
• South Lakeland Family Hub - August news
• New plan aims to turn council spending into bigger benefits for local communities
• Kendal bridge to close for five days for essential repairs
• Residents invited to have their say on local polling arrangements

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)

£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

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)

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

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

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

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

255 applications decided

92.9% granted · 237 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 32% · Imports 6% · Gas 3%

13 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Westmorland and Lonsdale:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership417 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office292 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership278 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s241 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks236 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide

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

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  Temple Sowerby · 0.3 km

  Temple Sowerby is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, northern England. It is close to the main east–west A66 road about 8 miles (13 km) east of Penrith in the Eden Valley. At the 2011 census Temple Sowerby was gro…

• Temple Sowerby railway station · 0.8 km

  Temple Sowerby railway station was a railway station situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the village of Temple Sowerby. The station opened to passenger traffic on…

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  River Lyvennet · 0.8 km

  The River Lyvennet is a river flowing through the county of Cumbria in England.

• Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill · 1.5 km

  Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill is a National Trust property situated just north of Temple Sowerby, near Penrith, Cumbria, England.

• New Biggin railway station · 2.2 km

  New Biggin or Newbiggin was a railway station which served the village of Newbiggin near Kirkby Thore in Newbiggin parish, Cumbria, England. It was located on the Settle-Carlisle Line, 24+3⁄4 miles (39.8 km) south of…

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  Newbiggin, Kirkby Thore · 2.3 km

  Newbiggin is a village and civil parish near the larger village of Temple Sowerby, in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. In 2001 it had a population of 96. From 1974 to…

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