CA28 8TN

Hillcrest and Hensingham · 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 8TP 65 m
CA28 8TJ 71 m
CA28 8UA 77 m
CA28 8TL 80 m
CA28 8TG 88 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 8TN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2017
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 8
Latitude
54.538271
Longitude
-3.563438
British National Grid easting
298,943
British National Grid northing
517,013

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Parish or community
E04012422
Output area
E00097473
Lower layer super output area
Copeland 003C · E01019284
Middle layer super output area
Copeland 003 · E02004002

Postcode source versions

Explore CA28

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sea View, 2, Richmond Hill Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8TN 21 December 2015 £120,000
Sea View, 1, Richmond Hill Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8TN 14 December 2015 £143,000
Sea View, 2, Richmond Hill Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8TN 8 August 2005 £72,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
18
Secondary
2
  1. Hensingham Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    180 m
  2. The Whitehaven Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    399 m
  3. Jericho Primary School

    Community school

    490 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
699
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 356
  • Public order 81
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Other theft 54
  • Shoplifting 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • LOWTHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CASTLE MEADOWS, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7RG

    ODS code A82041

    1.7 km

  • MANSION HOUSE SURGERY

    19-20 IRISH STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7BU

    ODS code A82075

    1.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Corkickle Rail Station

    RLY · Corkickle

    0.8 miles
  • Whitehaven Rail Station

    RLY · Whitehaven

    1.4 miles
  • Parton Rail Station

    RLY · Parton

    2.3 miles
  • St Bees Rail Station

    RLY · St Bees

    3.4 miles
  • Harrington Rail Station

    RLY · Harrington

    5.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Copeland 003C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,186 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. Hensingham Primary School is the nearest published school at 180 m.

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

Recorded crime

699 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 356 events.

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