CA28 9QE

Kells and Sandwith · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cumberland
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA28 9FA 96 m
CA28 9QD 125 m
CA28 9PX 153 m
CA28 9PD 163 m
CA28 9QF 177 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA28 9QE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA28
Postcode sector
CA28 9
Latitude
54.530515
Longitude
-3.597804
British National Grid easting
296,700
British National Grid northing
516,200

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

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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

    369 m
  2. Kells Infant School

    Community school

    496 m
  3. Monkwray Junior School

    Community school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
669
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 387
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Public order 63
  • Other theft 33
  • Other crime 30

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 straight-line

  • 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

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

    5.3 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.

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 369 m.

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

Recorded crime

669 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 387 events.

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