Thursby

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 4° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 3° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:35

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, 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

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)

4 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dalston (4.0 km)
• 5 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: 170.7p · Asda (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Orton Grange (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Free Cumberland bike giveaway for local children· 30 Oct 2026
• Cumberland's ceremonies team nominated for top regional wedding award· 30 Oct 2026
• Hop on board: new bus connections for Cockermouth and Papcastle· 29 Oct 2026
• Progress continues on Carlisle Market Hall bus hub improvements· 29 Oct 2026
• Name our new gritters: Cumberland's coolest competition is back!· 28 Oct 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
• 29 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

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
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £18,041 avg

e.g. Morning Delivery Driver

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Wind 32% · Imports 12% · Gas 4%

15 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in CA5

• Dalston Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penrith and Solway:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks309 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills254 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately196 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK152 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth151 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Thursby · 0.0 km

  Thursby is a village in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is near to the city of Carlisle. Thursby was historically part of the county of Cumberland.

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  Baldwinholme · 0.7 km

  Baldwinholme is a village in the civil parish of Orton, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. In 1870–1872 the township had a population of 234.

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  Curthwaite railway station · 0.9 km

  Curthwaite was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) serving West Curthwaite and Thursby in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1843 and lay in the Parish of Westward.

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  Cardew Lodge · 1.5 km

  Cardew Lodge is a country house at Cardew near Thursby in Cumbria. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  East Curthwaite · 1.6 km

  East Curthwaite is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. Meaning "Clearing near or belonging to a church", it was documented as "Kyrkthwate" in 1272.

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  Cardew, Cumbria · 1.7 km

  Cardew is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located southwest of Dalston, south of Cardewlees and east of Thursby.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)