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Warwick Bridge

Warwick Bridge is a village in Cumbria, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 supermarket, 1 restaurant or café, 10 bus stops, and Wetheral railway station is 2.6 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Warwick Bridge area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Cumberland
County
Cumbria
Constituency
Penrith and The Border
Police force
Cumbria
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 106th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Home affordability99
Affordable rents100
Good schools51
Life expectancy24
Low council tax29

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 60% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 18° / 8° · 89% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:38

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

Crime

7 reported · July 2026 22% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Other theft1
  • Public order1
  • Vehicle crime1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Brampton and East Rural · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Complaints around speeding and manner of driving in a number of rural villages. Information from members of the public. Originally raised…

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

Road safety

411 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

26 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 19 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wetheral (2.6 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wetheral (2.7 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£172,036 average 6.9% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-06

Detached£287,399
Semi-detached£178,853
Terraced£141,543
Flat£94,414

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (8.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (8.7 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

26 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Warwick Hall (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

273,254 residents in Cumberland

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,511 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 138,550)

A £1,674
B £1,953
C £2,232
D £2,511
E £3,069
F £3,627
G £4,186
H £5,023

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Keswick SchoolOutstanding
  • Caldew SchoolGood
  • Energy Coast UTCGood
  • Millom SchoolGood
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolGood
  • The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolGood
  • The Whitehaven AcademyGood
  • Workington AcademyGood
  • St Josephs Catholic High School, WorkingtonRequires improvement
  • Beacon Hill Community School
  • Cockermouth School
  • Netherhall School
  • Richard Rose Central Academy
  • Richard Rose Morton Academy
  • Solway Community School
  • St Benedict's Catholic High School
  • Trinity School
  • West Lakes Academy
  • William Howard School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cumberland

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

285 applications decided

94.7% granted · 270 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Ms Julie Minns

Labour

Carlisle

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 25
  • Con 8
  • LD 4
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £60,000 avg

e.g. Quantity Surveyor, Associate/Associate Director - Bridges, Senior/Principal Engineer - Bridges

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 71% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 3% · Gas 1%

6 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Carlisle:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Little Corby · 0.2 km

    Little Corby is a village in the county of Cumbria in the north of England. It is east of the city of Carlisle, alongside the River Eden and near to the A69 road. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 241.

  • Our Lady and St Wilfrid's Church, Warwick Bridge · 0.3 km

    Our Lady and St Wilfrid's Church is a Roman Catholic church designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, completed in 1841. The church was designed for the Sarum Rite, and contains an Easter Sepulchre.

  • Warwick Bridge · 0.3 km

    Warwick Bridge is a village in the Cumberland district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It forms part of a small urban area which includes the villages of Corby Hill and Little Corby. In 2011 it had a pop…

  • Corby Hill · 0.4 km

    Corby Hill is a village in Cumbria, England. It is located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) by road east of the city centre of Carlisle. The Trout Beck stream passes here.

  • Holme Eden Abbey · 0.5 km

    Holme Eden Abbey is a house built on the site of an abbey in Cumbria, England. The current building is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Warwick Hall · 1.0 km

    Warwick Hall is a large country house located on the banks of the River Eden at Warwick-on-Eden in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)