Ulverston

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:32

9h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US 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

56 reported · August 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences24
• Public order11
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Anti-social behaviour7

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ulverston, Coniston, Low Furness and High Furness · 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)

107 food businesses within 2 miles

• 93 rated 4–5 ★ (83 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ulverston (0.5 km)
• 24 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

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ulverston - Brewery Street Car park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• South Lakes Family Hub news - October· 3 Nov 2026
• Council tribute for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day· 3 Nov 2026
• Eden Family Hub News - October· 3 Nov 2026
• Landlord fined for unlicensed HMO in Barrow· 2 Nov 2026
• Bookings Open 19 November for Westmorland & Furness Winter HAF programme· 29 Oct 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

• In a conservation area (Ulverston)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 146 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

Michelle Scrogham

Labour

Barrow and Furness

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)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

182 jobs advertised · £43,135 avg

e.g. Consultant Psychiatrist- Eating Disorders, SEN Teacher, Domestic Assistant

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 29% · Gas 18% · Imports 9%

72 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

5 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LA12

• Ulverston Medical Practice
• Ulverston Community Health Centre
• Haverthwaite Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barrow and Furness:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth199 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately168 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants159 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks158 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK155 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Ulverston Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Ulverston Town Hall is a former municipal building on Queen Street, Ulverston, a town in Cumbria, England. The building has been converted for residential use.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Ulverston · 0.3 km

  Holy Trinity Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in New Church Lane, Ulverston, Cumbria, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is a Com…

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  Victoria Road drill hall, Ulverston · 0.3 km

  The Victoria Road drill hall is a former military installation in Ulverston, Cumbria, England.

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  St Mary's Church, Ulverston · 0.5 km

  Ulverston Parish Church is in Church Walk, Ulverston, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its b…

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  Ulverston railway station · 0.5 km

  Ulverston is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster; it is situated 9+1⁄2 miles (15 km) north-east of Barrow-in-Furness. The station serves the market town of Ulverst…

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  Ulverston · 0.5 km

  Ulverston is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies a few miles south of the Lake District National Park and just north-west of Morecambe Bay,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)