CA28 6HQ

Bransty · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Whitehaven
Ward
Bransty
Local authority
Cumberland
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA28 6HG 40 m
CA28 6DE 48 m
CA28 6BY 68 m
CA28 6DD 76 m
CA28 6AZ 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 6HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 6
Latitude
54.554008
Longitude
-3.585565
British National Grid easting
297,551
British National Grid northing
518,796

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Bransty · E05014177
Parish or community
E04012422
Output area
E00097358
Lower layer super output area
Copeland 002A · E01019260
Middle layer super output area
Copeland 002 · E02004001

Postcode source versions

Explore CA28

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Bransty Villas, Whitehaven, CA28 6HQ 20 May 2020 £75,000
2, Bransty Villas, Whitehaven, CA28 6HQ 23 October 2007 £120,000
5, Bransty Villas, Whitehaven, CA28 6HQ 29 October 1999 £33,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. St James' CofE Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    341 m
  2. St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary controlled school

    377 m
  3. Bransty Primary School

    Community school

    621 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,238
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 598
  • Public order 136
  • Criminal damage and arson 118
  • Anti social behaviour 110
  • Drugs 66

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.4
CA28 6 residents
9,122

Age bands in CA28 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,397 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

957 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

1,992 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

2,860 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

2,035 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA28 6 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • MANSION HOUSE SURGERY

    19-20 IRISH STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7BU

    ODS code A82075

    915 m

  • LOWTHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CASTLE MEADOWS, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7RG

    ODS code A82041

    997 m

Nearby transport

  • Whitehaven Rail Station

    RLY · Whitehaven

    0.1 miles
  • Corkickle Rail Station

    RLY · Corkickle

    0.9 miles
  • Parton Rail Station

    RLY · Parton

    1.1 miles
  • Harrington Rail Station

    RLY · Harrington

    4.2 miles
  • St Bees Rail Station

    RLY · St Bees

    4.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Copeland 002A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,881 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
2 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
0
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

17 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. St James' CofE Junior School is the nearest published school at 341 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,238 published events cover 12 months, averaging 103.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 598 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.