CA7 8BX

Thursby · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wigton
Ward
Thursby
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway
Postcode district
CA7
Postcode sector
CA7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA7 8BY 199 m
CA7 8BZ 390 m
CA7 8DB 539 m
CA7 8BT 703 m
CA7 8DD 811 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA7 8BX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA7
Postcode sector
CA7 8
Latitude
54.799319
Longitude
-3.059640
British National Grid easting
331,976
British National Grid northing
545,452

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Thursby · E05014212
Parish or community
E04002435
Westminster constituency
Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area
E00096699
Lower layer super output area
Allerdale 002D · E01019131
Middle layer super output area
Allerdale 002 · E02003966

Postcode source versions

Explore CA7

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Stocks, 1, Rosley, Wigton, CA7 8BX 6 January 2022 £300,000
Woodfern House, Rosley, Wigton, CA7 8BX 11 September 2002 £220,000
The Stocks, 1, Rosley, Wigton, CA7 8BX 7 December 2001 £129,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Rosley CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km
  2. Thursby Primary School

    Community school

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

6 female, 7 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.6
CA7 8 residents
2,086

Age bands in CA7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

266 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

194 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.3%

328 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.5%

742 residents

Age 65 and over
28.8%

620 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA7 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
40%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Dalston

    4.3 miles
  • Wigton Rail Station

    RLY · Wigton

    4.7 miles
  • Carlisle Rail Station

    RLY · Carlisle

    8.1 miles
  • Park

    BCT · Gretna

    13.2 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Gretna

    13.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Allerdale 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

15,427 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £300,000 from 1 recorded sale in CA7 8BX. 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. Rosley CofE School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

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