CA28 8XY

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
CA25 5QY 258 m
CA28 8DZ 260 m
CA28 8XZ 280 m
CA25 5PZ 287 m
CA28 8YH 290 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 8XY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 8
Latitude
54.528981
Longitude
-3.546455
British National Grid easting
300,019
British National Grid northing
515,955

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Parish or community
E04002508
Output area
E00097332
Lower layer super output area
Copeland 004A · E01019256
Middle layer super output area
Copeland 004 · E02004003

Postcode source versions

Explore CA28

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Summergrove Houses, Hensingham, Whitehaven, CA28 8XY 25 May 2001 £67,700

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. The Whitehaven Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km
  2. Hensingham Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km
  3. Moor Row Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
479
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 253
  • Public order 50
  • Other theft 46
  • Criminal damage and arson 44
  • Anti social behaviour 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.1% 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+
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

  • LOWTHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CASTLE MEADOWS, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7RG

    ODS code A82041

    3.1 km

  • MANSION HOUSE SURGERY

    19-20 IRISH STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7BU

    ODS code A82075

    3.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Corkickle Rail Station

    RLY · Corkickle

    1.7 miles
  • Whitehaven Rail Station

    RLY · Whitehaven

    2.3 miles
  • St Bees Rail Station

    RLY · St Bees

    3.1 miles
  • Parton Rail Station

    RLY · Parton

    3.2 miles
  • Nethertown Rail Station

    RLY · Nethertown

    5.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Copeland 004A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,129 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Whitehaven Academy is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

479 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 253 events.

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