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CA28 9BG

Kells and Sandwith · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Kells and Sandwith
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA28 9AN 34 m
CA28 9AP 154 m
CA28 9AJ 160 m
CA28 9AL 177 m
CA28 9EN 190 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 9BG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 9
Latitude
54.543016
Longitude
-3.597830
British National Grid easting
296,730
British National Grid northing
517,591

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Kells and Sandwith · E05014197
Parish or community
E04012422
Westminster constituency
Whitehaven and Workington · E14001583
Output area
E00097504
Lower layer super output area
Copeland 005A · E01019291
Middle layer super output area
Copeland 005 · E02004004

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Monkwray Junior School

    Community school

    710 m

  2. Kells Infant School

    Community school

    900 m

  3. St Begh's Catholic Junior School

    Voluntary aided school

    932 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,446
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 721
  • Public order 159
  • Criminal damage and arson 146
  • Anti social behaviour 116
  • Other theft 70

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CA28 9 residents
7,785

Age bands in CA28 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

1,511 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

810 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,057 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.3%

1,930 residents

Age 65 and over
17.2%

1,314 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

  • MANSION HOUSE SURGERY

    19-20 IRISH STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7BU

    ODS code A82075

    691 m

  • LOWTHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CASTLE MEADOWS, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7RG

    ODS code A82041

    774 m

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

    0.6 miles

  • Whitehaven Rail Station

    RLY · Whitehaven

    0.8 miles

  • Parton Rail Station

    RLY · Parton

    2.0 miles

  • St Bees Rail Station

    RLY · St Bees

    3.5 miles

  • Harrington Rail Station

    RLY · Harrington

    5.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Copeland 005A, 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

9,599 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

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
1
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

18 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Monkwray Junior School is the nearest published school at 710 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,446 published events cover 12 months, averaging 120.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 721 events.

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