CA4 9RF

Alston and Fellside · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carlisle
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway
Postcode district
CA4
Postcode sector
CA4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA4 9SG 774 m
CA4 9RG 800 m
CA4 9RJ 1.2 km
CA4 9SF 1.4 km
CA4 9RQ 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA4 9RF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA4
Postcode sector
CA4 9
Latitude
54.806000
Longitude
-2.696711
British National Grid easting
355,315
British National Grid northing
545,903

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Parish or community
E04002510
Westminster constituency
Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area
E00097641
Lower layer super output area
Eden 001C · E01019320
Middle layer super output area
Eden 001 · E02004008

Postcode source versions

Explore CA4

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Far Shields, Ainstable, Carlisle, CA4 9RF 3 February 1995 £114,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Kirkoswald CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.6 km
  2. Armathwaite School

    Community school

    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
CA4 9 residents
1,215

Age bands in CA4 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.4%

99 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

76 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.9%

146 residents

Age 45 to 64
36.1%

313 residents

Age 65 and over
26.8%

232 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA4 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
100%
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

1

within 5 km

  • KIRKOSWALD SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, RAVEN GHYLL, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DQ

    ODS code A82617

    4.7 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

  • Armathwaite Rail Station

    RLY · Armathwaite

    3.0 miles
  • Lazonby & Kirkoswald Rail Station

    RLY · Lazonby

    3.9 miles
  • Wetheral Rail Station

    RLY · Wetheral

    7.6 miles
  • Langwathby Rail Station

    RLY · Langwathby

    7.8 miles
  • Brampton (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Brampton

    8.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Eden 001C, 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

17,069 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kirkoswald CofE School is the nearest published school at 2.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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