CA13 9SS

Bothel and Wharrels · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Cockermouth
Ward: Bothel and Wharrels
Local authority: Cumberland
Constituency: Penrith and Solway
Postcode district: CA13
Postcode sector: CA13 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CA7 2JW	1.2 km
CA7 2JN	1.8 km
CA13 9SY	2.0 km
CA13 9ST	2.1 km
CA13 9SR	2.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA13 9SS
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA13
Postcode sector: CA13 9
Latitude: 54.708016
Longitude: -3.274687
British National Grid easting: 317,967
British National Grid northing: 535,523

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward: Bothel and Wharrels · E05014175
Parish or community: E04002388
Westminster constituency: Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area: E00096472
Lower layer super output area: Allerdale 007E · E01019090
Middle layer super output area: Allerdale 007 · E02003971

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Wesleyan Cottage, Sunderland, Cockermouth, CA13 9SS	10 July 2019	£565,000
The Cottage, Sunderland, Cockermouth, CA13 9SS	29 November 2007	£499,950
Greengates, Sunderland, Cockermouth, CA13 9SS	17 November 2006	£445,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

St Michael's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school
3.7 km
Plumbland CofE School

Voluntary controlled school
4.9 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 39
Postcode households: 16
Residents per household: 2.4
CA13 9 residents: 6,182

Age bands in CA13 9

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 13.1%
Age 15 to 24: 9%
Age 25 to 44: 19.6%
Age 45 to 64: 30.2%
Age 65 and over: 28.1%

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA13 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 81%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 81%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 81%
Gigabit-capable: 81%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 19%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Aspatria Rail Station

RLY · Aspatria
4.2 miles
Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing

FER · Portinscale
9.1 miles
Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing

FBT · Portinscale
9.2 miles
Lingholm Jetty

FBT · Lingholm
9.4 miles
Wigton Rail Station

RLY · Wigton
9.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Allerdale 007E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,609 of 33,755

Income: 10 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 9 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses: 0
Medium risk addresses: 0
Low risk addresses: 6
Groundwater flood alert area: Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Michael's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.