CA7 5AN

Solway Coast · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wigton
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway
Postcode district
CA7
Postcode sector
CA7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA7 5AW 189 m
CA7 5AS 194 m
CA7 5AL 233 m
CA7 5AR 307 m
CA7 5AP 381 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA7 5AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA7
Postcode sector
CA7 5
Latitude
54.914228
Longitude
-3.251167
British National Grid easting
319,892
British National Grid northing
558,441

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
E00096567
Lower layer super output area
Allerdale 002B · E01019107
Middle layer super output area
Allerdale 002 · E02003966

Postcode source versions

Explore CA7

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
25, The Island, Anthorn, Wigton, CA7 5AN 28 May 2026 £205,000
23, The Island, Anthorn, Wigton, CA7 5AN 29 August 2025 £210,000
9, The Island, Anthorn, Wigton, CA7 5AN 9 December 2024 £192,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Kirkbride Primary School

    Community school

    3.9 km
  2. Bowness-on-Solway Primary School

    Foundation school

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Public order 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
69

33 female, 36 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.2
CA7 5 residents
1,912

Age bands in CA7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

231 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

161 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.3%

285 residents

Age 45 to 64
34%

633 residents

Age 65 and over
29.7%

553 residents

This postcode contained 3.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA7 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
83.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
83.9%
Gigabit-capable
83.9%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
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

  • THE CROFT SURGERY

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

    ODS code A82029

    3.6 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

  • Newbiebarns Road End

    BCT · Newbie

    4.2 miles
  • Newbiebarns Road End

    BCT · Newbie

    4.2 miles
  • Back of the Hill

    BCT · Back of the Hill

    4.3 miles
  • Junction

    BCT · Newbie

    4.3 miles
  • Manufacturer

    BCT · Newbie

    4.3 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.

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
4
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

Property market

The five-year median is £207,500 from 4 recorded sales in CA7 5AN. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kirkbride Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 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.