CA28 9DH

Kells and Sandwith · 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA28 9BP 72 m
CA28 9DN 83 m
CA28 9RB 87 m
CA28 9DQ 112 m
CA28 9BQ 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 9DH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 9
Latitude
54.525122
Longitude
-3.588338
British National Grid easting
297,299
British National Grid northing
515,586

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Parish or community
E04012422
Output area
E00179304
Lower layer super output area
Copeland 005G · E01019302
Middle layer super output area
Copeland 005 · E02004004

Postcode source versions

Explore CA28

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Ellen Drive, Whitehaven, CA28 9DH 20 February 2026 £400,000
7, Ellen Drive, Whitehaven, CA28 9DH 29 September 2025 £237,000
6, Ellen Drive, Whitehaven, CA28 9DH 17 April 2025 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. Valley Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    958 m
  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km
  3. Kells Infant School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
734
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 422
  • Criminal damage and arson 82
  • Public order 73
  • Other crime 37
  • Other theft 37

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.

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

  • LOWTHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CASTLE MEADOWS, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7RG

    ODS code A82041

    2.2 km

  • MANSION HOUSE SURGERY

    19-20 IRISH STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7BU

    ODS code A82075

    2.3 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Corkickle Rail Station

    RLY · Corkickle

    1.2 miles
  • Whitehaven Rail Station

    RLY · Whitehaven

    1.9 miles
  • St Bees Rail Station

    RLY · St Bees

    2.3 miles
  • Parton Rail Station

    RLY · Parton

    3.1 miles
  • Nethertown Rail Station

    RLY · Nethertown

    4.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Copeland 005G, 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

19,353 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £232,000 from 28 recorded sales in CA28 9DH. 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Valley Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 958 m.

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

Recorded crime

734 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 422 events.

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