Wigton

14°CCloudy

• Today: 18° / 10° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:39

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

33 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Shoplifting4
• Public order3

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wigton, Silloth and Aspatria · Cumbria

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

411 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 31 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wigton (0.6 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£172,036 average▲ 6.9% YoY

Across Cumberland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Take Centre Stage at Carlisle's Christmas Lights Switch On 2026
• Helping Residents Plan Ahead for Upcoming Roadworks in Workington
• Council warns residents: Don’t bin your batteries after e-bike battery sparks fire risk in bin lorry
• Festival of Curious Things in Workington postponed
• Tribute to outgoing Millom Town Deal Board Chair

Source: Cumberland Council

273,254 residents in Cumberland

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£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%)

172inspected 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: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cumberland

• In a conservation area (Wigton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

285 applications decided

94.7% granted · 270 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

167 jobs advertised · £29,819 avg

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

£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

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 64% · Nuclear 31% · Solar 3% · Gas 2%

7 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penrith and Solway:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership389 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership287 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills253 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• Wigton Rural District · 0.1 km

  Wigton was a rural district in Cumberland, England from 1894 to 1974.

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  Wigton · 0.2 km

  Wigton is a market town in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies just outside the Lake District. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast. It is serve…

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  The Nelson Thomlinson School · 0.4 km

  The Nelson Thomlinson School is an 11–18 comprehensive coeducational secondary school with a sixth form in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, England. The school's motto is the Latin phrase Fide et Operis, which tran…

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  Wigton railway station · 0.6 km

  Wigton railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Wigton 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 m…

• Wigton School · 1.4 km

  Wigton School was an independent boarding school on the outskirts of Wigton, Cumbria. The school was opened on 4 September 1815 by the Society of Friends (Quakers) for Cumberland and Northumberland. The initial stud…

• Brookfield railway station (England) · 1.4 km

  Brookfield (Cumbria) railway station was a short-lived railway station that served Brookfield School, a Quaker school situated to the west of Wigton, England, for a few weeks in 1844–45.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)