CA4 8DF

Wetheral · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carlisle
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle
Postcode district
CA4
Postcode sector
CA4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA4 8FT 126 m
CA4 8DE 184 m
CA4 8FU 187 m
CA4 8FD 225 m
CA4 8DG 339 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA4 8DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA4
Postcode sector
CA4 8
Latitude
54.879065
Longitude
-2.871394
British National Grid easting
344,188
British National Grid northing
554,159

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Wetheral · E05014214
Parish or community
E04002480
Westminster constituency
Carlisle · E14001152
Output area
E00097305
Lower layer super output area
Carlisle 007D · E01019249
Middle layer super output area
Carlisle 007 · E02003993

Postcode source versions

Explore CA4

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lane End Cottage, Broomfallen Road, Scotby, Carlisle, CA4 8DF 24 March 2025 £235,000
Orchard House, Broomfallen Road, Scotby, Carlisle, CA4 8DF 12 December 2023 £470,000
The Quiet Woman, Broomfallen Road, Scotby, Carlisle, CA4 8DF 24 March 2017 £437,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. Pennine Way Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  2. Scotby CofE Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.3 km
  3. St John Henry Newman Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
477
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 283
  • Public order 58
  • Criminal damage and arson 47
  • Drugs 19
  • Anti social behaviour 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

7 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.9
CA4 8 residents
5,742

Age bands in CA4 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.1%

730 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.6%

421 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.1%

1,008 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

1,628 residents

Age 65 and over
31.8%

1,769 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA4 8 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

4

within 5 km

  • CARLISLE HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code A82016

    2.2 km

  • WARWICK SQUARE GROUP PRACTICE

    GROSVENOR HOUSE, WARWICK SQUARE, CARLISLE, CA1 1LB

    ODS code A82654

    3.9 km

  • CARLISLE CENTRAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A82015

    4.0 km

  • SPENCER ST SURGERY

    10-12 SPENCER STREET, CARLISLE, CA1 1BP

    ODS code A82018

    4.2 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Wetheral Rail Station

    RLY · Wetheral

    1.6 miles
  • Carlisle Rail Station

    RLY · Carlisle

    2.6 miles
  • Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Dalston

    5.2 miles
  • Armathwaite Rail Station

    RLY · Armathwaite

    6.2 miles
  • Brampton (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Brampton

    7.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Carlisle 007D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,656 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 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 £352,500 from 2 recorded sales in CA4 8DF. 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Pennine Way Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

477 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 283 events.

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