CA28 9QD

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 9LZ 56 m
CA28 9LQ 75 m
CA28 9PX 114 m
CA28 9NA 124 m
CA28 9LR 153 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 9QD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 9
Latitude
54.530271
Longitude
-3.595925
British National Grid easting
296,821
British National Grid northing
516,170

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Parish or community
E04012422
Output area
E00097555
Lower layer super output area
Copeland 005G · E01019302
Middle layer super output area
Copeland 005 · E02004004

Postcode source versions

Explore CA28

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
101, Woodhouse Road, Whitehaven, CA28 9QD 15 May 2015 £142,500
101, Woodhouse Road, Whitehaven, CA28 9QD 21 August 2009 £86,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
15
Secondary
2
  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    414 m
  2. Kells Infant School

    Community school

    526 m
  3. Monkwray Junior School

    Community school

    1.0 km

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 408
  • Criminal damage and arson 79
  • Public order 66
  • Other crime 33
  • Other theft 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA28 9 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+
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

    1.8 km

  • MANSION HOUSE SURGERY

    19-20 IRISH STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7BU

    ODS code A82075

    1.8 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

    1.6 miles
  • St Bees Rail Station

    RLY · St Bees

    2.6 miles
  • Parton Rail Station

    RLY · Parton

    2.8 miles
  • Nethertown Rail Station

    RLY · Nethertown

    5.2 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
2
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

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 414 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 408 events.

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