CA7 8HR

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 8HU 770 m
CA7 8JW 1.0 km
CA7 8HS 1.4 km
CA7 8JU 1.4 km
CA7 8JP 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA7 8HR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA7
Postcode sector
CA7 8
Latitude
54.729593
Longitude
-2.993438
British National Grid easting
336,122
British National Grid northing
537,631

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Thursby · E05014212
Parish or community
E04002399
Westminster constituency
Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area
E00096697
Lower layer super output area
Allerdale 002D · E01019131
Middle layer super output area
Allerdale 002 · E02003966

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bank End, Hesket Newmarket, Wigton, CA7 8HR 4 March 2025 £1,090,000
Castlehow, Hesket Newmarket, Wigton, CA7 8HR 31 January 2023 £750,000
Woodlea, Hesket Newmarket, Wigton, CA7 8HR 12 October 2022 £383,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Fellview Primary School

    Community school

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
52

20 female, 32 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
2.5
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 2.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA7 8 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+
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
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.

NHS ODS

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • CALDBECK SURGERY

    FRIAR ROW, CALDBECK, WIGTON, CA7 8DS

    ODS code A82014

    4.3 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Dalston

    8.1 miles
  • Wigton Rail Station

    RLY · Wigton

    9.7 miles
  • Pooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing

    FBT · Pooley Bridge

    10.6 miles
  • Pooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing

    FER · Pooley Bridge

    10.6 miles
  • Keswick Ferry Landing

    FER · Keswick

    11.0 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
7
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
5
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.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £608,000 from 5 recorded sales in CA7 8HR. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Fellview Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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