CA8 2BY

Brampton · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Brampton
Local authority: Cumberland
Constituency: Carlisle
Postcode district: CA8
Postcode sector: CA8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CA8 2BX	429 m
CA8 2LX	650 m
CA8 2LU	918 m
CA8 2JH	954 m
CA8 2LT	1.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA8 2BY
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1993
Terminated: 1 December 1994
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA8
Postcode sector: CA8 2
Latitude: 54.976026
Longitude: -2.659267
British National Grid easting: 357,900
British National Grid northing: 564,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward: Brampton · E05014176
Parish or community: E04002478
Westminster constituency: Carlisle · E14001152
Output area: E00097179
Lower layer super output area: Carlisle 002D · E01019225
Middle layer super output area: Carlisle 002 · E02003988

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 CA8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Lanercost CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.2 km
Walton & Lees Hill CofE School

Voluntary controlled school
4.0 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 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
CA8 2 residents: 1,635

Age bands in CA8 2

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 13.1%
Age 15 to 24: 10.4%
Age 25 to 44: 16.9%
Age 45 to 64: 34%
Age 65 and over: 25.5%

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.

Nearby transport

Reaygarth

BCT · Upper Denton
3.1 miles
Reaygarth

BCT · Upper Denton
3.1 miles
Brampton (Cumbria) Rail Station

RLY · Brampton
3.5 miles
Post Office

BCT · Gilsland
3.6 miles
Post Office

BCT · Gilsland
3.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Carlisle 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,997 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lanercost CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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 6 events.

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