CA28 8DT

Mirehouse · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Whitehaven
Local authority
Cumberland
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA28 8DS 71 m
CA28 8DU 87 m
CA28 8DP 113 m
CA28 8DX 136 m
CA28 8DY 147 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 8DT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 8
Latitude
54.535389
Longitude
-3.577748
British National Grid easting
298,010
British National Grid northing
516,713

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Mirehouse · E05014204
Parish or community
E04012422
Output area
E00097524
Lower layer super output area
Copeland 005C · E01019294
Middle layer super output area
Copeland 005 · E02004004

Postcode source versions

Explore CA28

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28, Snebro Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8DT 26 September 2025 £125,000
36, Snebro Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8DT 15 May 2025 £115,000
27, Snebro Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8DT 28 July 2023 £130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School

    Voluntary aided school

    177 m
  2. Monkwray Junior School

    Community school

    865 m
  3. Hensingham Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    874 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,724
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 888
  • Public order 197
  • Criminal damage and arson 180
  • Other theft 105
  • Anti social behaviour 103

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

17 female, 13 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
1.8
CA28 8 residents
8,216

Age bands in CA28 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,387 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

833 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

1,987 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,248 residents

Age 65 and over
21%

1,718 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA28 8 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • LOWTHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CASTLE MEADOWS, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7RG

    ODS code A82041

    1.2 km

  • MANSION HOUSE SURGERY

    19-20 IRISH STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7BU

    ODS code A82075

    1.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Corkickle Rail Station

    RLY · Corkickle

    0.5 miles
  • Whitehaven Rail Station

    RLY · Whitehaven

    1.3 miles
  • Parton Rail Station

    RLY · Parton

    2.4 miles
  • St Bees Rail Station

    RLY · St Bees

    3.0 miles
  • Harrington Rail Station

    RLY · Harrington

    5.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Copeland 005C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,501 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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
3
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
15
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

Property market

The five-year median is £115,000 from 5 recorded sales in CA28 8DT. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cumberland is £172,036 in June 2026, up 6.9% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School is the nearest published school at 177 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,724 published events cover 12 months, averaging 143.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 888 events.

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