CA5 7DX

Hesket and Lazonby · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward: Hesket and Lazonby
Local authority: Westmorland and Furness
Constituency: Penrith and Solway
Postcode district: CA5
Postcode sector: CA5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CA5 7DH	612 m
CA5 7DU	992 m
CA5 7DQ	1.1 km
CA5 7HT	1.2 km
CA5 7HS	1.2 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA5 7DX
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA5
Postcode sector: CA5 7
Latitude: 54.770780
Longitude: -2.973571
British National Grid easting: 337,465
British National Grid northing: 542,196

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Electoral ward: Hesket and Lazonby · E05014229
Parish or community: E04002521
Westminster constituency: Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area: E00097732
Lower layer super output area: Eden 002D · E01019338
Middle layer super output area: Eden 002 · E02004009

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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery

Voluntary controlled school
3.3 km
Ivegill CofE School

Voluntary aided school
5.0 km
Lime House School

Other independent school
5.0 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 14
Postcode households: 5
Residents per household: 2.8
CA5 7 residents: 3,240

Age bands in CA5 7

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15%
Age 15 to 24: 8.6%
Age 25 to 44: 17.5%
Age 45 to 64: 28.3%
Age 65 and over: 30.6%

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA5 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+: 83.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 83.3%
Gigabit-capable: 83.3%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 16.7%
Next Generation Access: 83.3%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 33.3%

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

Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station

RLY · Dalston
5.3 miles
Carlisle Rail Station

RLY · Carlisle
8.4 miles
Armathwaite Rail Station

RLY · Armathwaite
8.5 miles
Wigton Rail Station

RLY · Wigton
8.6 miles
Wetheral Rail Station

RLY · Wetheral
9.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Eden 002D, 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

16,010 of 33,755

Income: 10 of 10
Employment: 9 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

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

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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