CA8 2ER

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 2AD	1.4 km
CA8 2EW	1.7 km
CA8 2ES	2.0 km
CA8 7AZ	2.1 km
CA8 2ET	2.3 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA8 2ER
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA8
Postcode sector: CA8 2
Latitude: 55.028463
Longitude: -2.650476
British National Grid easting: 358,517
British National Grid northing: 570,630

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward: Brampton · E05014176
Parish or community: E04002463
Westminster constituency: Carlisle · E14001152
Output area: E00097176
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 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Walton & Lees Hill CofE School

Voluntary controlled school
4.2 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 3; 0 female, 3 male
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%; 172 residents
Age 15 to 24: 10.4%; 137 residents
Age 25 to 44: 16.9%; 223 residents
Age 45 to 64: 34%; 448 residents
Age 65 and over: 25.5%; 336 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA8 2 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: 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Post Office

BCT · Gilsland
6.5 km
Post Office

BCT · Gilsland
6.5 km
Crossgates

BCT · Longbyre
7.4 km
Crossgates

BCT · Longbyre
7.4 km
Reaygarth

BCT · Upper Denton
7.6 km

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.

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

1 open school is in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Walton & Lees Hill CofE School is the nearest published school at 4.2 km.

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