CA5 5EG

Solway Coast · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway
Postcode district
CA5
Postcode sector
CA5 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA7 5EG 2 m
CA5 6JD 1.0 km
CA5 6JF 1.4 km
CA7 5DL 1.5 km
CA5 6JE 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA5 5EG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2000
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA5
Postcode sector
CA5 5
Latitude
54.906631
Longitude
-3.127527
British National Grid easting
327,804
British National Grid northing
557,461

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Parish or community
E04002392
Westminster constituency
Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area
E00096566
Lower layer super output area
Allerdale 002B · E01019107
Middle layer super output area
Allerdale 002 · E02003966

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Kirkbampton CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.3 km
  2. Wiggonby CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.8 km
  3. Kirkbride Primary School

    Community school

    5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • THE CROFT SURGERY

    THE CROFT, KIRKBRIDE, PORT CARLISLE, WIGTON, CA7 5JH

    ODS code A82029

    5.0 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

  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · Rigg

    5.5 miles
  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · Rigg

    5.5 miles
  • Wigton Rail Station

    RLY · Wigton

    5.6 miles
  • Auckland Walk

    BCT · Eastriggs

    5.7 miles
  • Auckland Walk

    BCT · Eastriggs

    5.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Allerdale 002B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,188 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kirkbampton CofE School is the nearest published school at 2.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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