CA7 8PE

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 8PD 83 m
CA7 8PG 87 m
CA7 8PR 114 m
CA7 8PF 128 m
CA7 8PB 198 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA7 8PE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA7
Postcode sector
CA7 8
Latitude
54.787022
Longitude
-3.188950
British National Grid easting
323,640
British National Grid northing
544,217

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Thursby · E05014212
Parish or community
E04002389
Westminster constituency
Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area
E00096437
Lower layer super output area
Allerdale 002A · E01019083
Middle layer super output area
Allerdale 002 · E02003966

Postcode source versions

Explore CA7

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Solway View, Bolton Low Houses, Wigton, CA7 8PE 17 January 2007 £137,950
9, Solway View, Bolton Low Houses, Wigton, CA7 8PE 7 June 2004 £49,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Boltons CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    161 m
  2. Wigton Nursery and Infant School

    Community school

    4.1 km
  3. Thomlinson Junior School

    Community school

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Bicycle theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

11 female, 6 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.4
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 0.8% 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+
100%
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%

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

  • WIGTON GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SOUTH END, WIGTON, CA7 9QD

    ODS code A82045

    4.2 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

  • Wigton Rail Station

    RLY · Wigton

    3.1 miles
  • Aspatria Rail Station

    RLY · Aspatria

    6.0 miles
  • Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing

    FER · Portinscale

    13.3 miles
  • Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing

    FBT · Portinscale

    13.3 miles
  • Keswick Ferry Landing

    FBT · Keswick

    13.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Allerdale 002A, 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

15,357 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 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
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

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Boltons CofE School is the nearest published school at 161 m.

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

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 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.