CA5 6BL

Dalston and Burgh · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Carlisle
Ward: Dalston and Burgh
Local authority: Cumberland
Constituency: Penrith and Solway
Postcode district: CA5
Postcode sector: CA5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CA5 6AL	102 m
CA5 6AP	104 m
CA5 6AR	123 m
CA5 6BE	151 m
CA5 6AS	164 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA5 6BL
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 September 2023
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA5
Postcode sector: CA5 6
Latitude: 54.922097
Longitude: -3.051458
British National Grid easting: 332,707
British National Grid northing: 559,106

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward: Dalston and Burgh · E05014185
Parish or community: E04002450
Westminster constituency: Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area: E00097053
Lower layer super output area: Carlisle 005C · E01019203
Middle layer super output area: Carlisle 005 · E02003991

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

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Property

At this postcode

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5 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
2, Canal Court, Burgh By Sands, Carlisle, CA5 6BL	27 September 2024	£365,000
1, Canal Court, Burgh By Sands, Carlisle, CA5 6BL	25 June 2024	£387,500
3, Canal Court, Burgh By Sands, Carlisle, CA5 6BL	15 December 2023	£400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Burgh by Sands School

Community school
276 m
Kirkbampton CofE School

Voluntary controlled school
3.2 km
Rockcliffe CofE School

Voluntary controlled school
4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 9
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 5
Possession of weapons 2
Anti social behaviour 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
CA5 6 residents: 3,989

Age bands in CA5 6

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15.2%
Age 15 to 24: 8.6%
Age 25 to 44: 19.1%
Age 45 to 64: 31%
Age 65 and over: 26.2%

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Park

BCT · Gretna
4.8 miles
Church

BCT · Gretna
4.9 miles
Club

BCT · Gretna
5.0 miles
Outlet

BCT · Gretna
5.1 miles
Outlet

BCT · Gretna
5.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Carlisle 005C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,515 of 33,755

Income: 10 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 3 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £393,750 from 4 recorded sales in CA5 6BL. 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

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Burgh by Sands School is the nearest published school at 276 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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