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CA28 9FN

Kells and Sandwith · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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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 9FH 56 m
CA28 9FL 68 m
CA28 9DE 108 m
CA28 9FJ 119 m
CA28 9FF 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 9FN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 9
Latitude
54.527501
Longitude
-3.587859
British National Grid easting
297,336
British National Grid northing
515,850

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
E00097554
Lower layer super output area
Copeland 005F · E01019301
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
19
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Valley Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    901 m

  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    953 m

  3. Kells Infant School

    Community school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
918
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 530
  • Criminal damage and arson 100
  • Public order 86
  • Other theft 54
  • Other crime 42

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

  • LOWTHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CASTLE MEADOWS, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7RG

    ODS code A82041

    2.0 km

  • MANSION HOUSE SURGERY

    19-20 IRISH STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7BU

    ODS code A82075

    2.1 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

    1.0 miles

  • Whitehaven Rail Station

    RLY · Whitehaven

    1.8 miles

  • St Bees Rail Station

    RLY · St Bees

    2.4 miles

  • Parton Rail Station

    RLY · Parton

    3.0 miles

  • Nethertown Rail Station

    RLY · Nethertown

    5.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Copeland 005F, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

241 of 33,755

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

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Valley Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 901 m.

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

Recorded crime

918 published events cover 12 months, averaging 76.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 530 events.

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