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CA3 8PT

Castle · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Castle
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle
Postcode district
CA3
Postcode sector
CA3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA3 8PL 2 m
CA3 8NX 38 m
CA3 8PU 45 m
CA3 8PY 53 m
CA3 8NT 58 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA3 8PT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA3
Postcode sector
CA3 8
Latitude
54.895611
Longitude
-2.935244
British National Grid easting
340,116
British National Grid northing
556,053

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Castle · E05014178
Parish or community
E43000295
Westminster constituency
Carlisle · E14001152
Output area
E00097071
Lower layer super output area
Carlisle 006A · E01019204
Middle layer super output area
Carlisle 006 · E02003992

Postcode source versions

Explore CA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
24
Secondary
4

  1. Progress Schools - Carlisle

    Other independent special school

    238 m

  2. Trinity School

    Academy converter

    274 m

  3. University of Cumbria

    Higher education institutions

    278 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,736
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,894
  • Shoplifting 636
  • Public order 557
  • Criminal damage and arson 377
  • Drugs 293

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CA3 8 residents
344

Age bands in CA3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
7.5%

21 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.8%

33 residents

Age 25 to 44
40.5%

113 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.7%

69 residents

Age 65 and over
15.4%

43 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

5

within 5 km

  • SPENCER ST SURGERY

    10-12 SPENCER STREET, CARLISLE, CA1 1BP

    ODS code A82018

    274 m

  • CARLISLE CENTRAL PRACTICE

    WARWICK ROAD SURGERY, 65 WARWICK ROAD, CARLISLE, CA1 1EB

    ODS code A82015

    477 m

  • WARWICK SQUARE GROUP PRACTICE

    GROSVENOR HOUSE, WARWICK SQUARE, CARLISLE, CA1 1LB

    ODS code A82654

    607 m

  • EDEN MEDICAL GROUP

    PORT ROAD, CARLISLE, CA2 7AJ

    ODS code A82020

    1.1 km

  • CARLISLE HEALTHCARE

    SOUTH CARLISLE, 1 LOCKE ROAD, DURRANHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CARLISLE, CA1 3UB

    ODS code A82016

    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

  • Carlisle Rail Station

    RLY · Carlisle

    0.4 miles

  • Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Dalston

    4.0 miles

  • Wetheral Rail Station

    RLY · Wetheral

    4.2 miles

  • Outlet

    BCT · Gretna

    8.4 miles

  • Outlet

    BCT · Gretna

    8.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Carlisle 006A, 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

7,691 of 33,755

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

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. Progress Schools - Carlisle is the nearest published school at 238 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,736 published events cover 12 months, averaging 394.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,894 events.

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