CA5 5HF

Solway Coast · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CA7 5HF	96 m
CA7 5HG	621 m
CA7 5HE	750 m
CA7 5HJ	1.5 km
CA7 4TL	1.7 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA5 5HF
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 2000
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA5
Postcode sector: CA5 5
Latitude: 54.855423
Longitude: -3.257524
British National Grid easting: 319,367
British National Grid northing: 551,905

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward: Solway Coast · E05014210
Parish or community: E04002412
Westminster constituency: Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area: E00096702
Lower layer super output area: Allerdale 001C · E01019132
Middle layer super output area: Allerdale 001 · E02003965

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore CA5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.5 km

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.

Nearby transport

Wigton Rail Station

RLY · Wigton
4.1 miles
Aspatria Rail Station

RLY · Aspatria
7.3 miles
Newbiebarns Road End

BCT · Newbie
8.1 miles
Newbiebarns Road End

BCT · Newbie
8.1 miles
Newbie Mains Road End

BCT · Newbie
8.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Allerdale 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,071 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 7 of 10
Education and skills: 7 of 10
Health and disability: 7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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