CA9 3DQ

Alston and Fellside · Westmorland and Furness · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Alston and Fellside
Local authority: Westmorland and Furness
Constituency: Penrith and Solway
Postcode district: CA9
Postcode sector: CA9 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CA9 3DP	97 m
CA9 3DG	103 m
CA9 3DH	148 m
CA9 3DX	250 m
CA9 3DY	342 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA9 3DQ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 February 2008
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA9
Postcode sector: CA9 3
Latitude: 54.771379
Longitude: -2.402067
British National Grid easting: 374,232
British National Grid northing: 541,902

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Westmorland and Furness · E06000064
Electoral ward: Alston and Fellside · E05014217
Parish or community: E04002511
Westminster constituency: Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area: E00097570
Lower layer super output area: Eden 001A · E01019305
Middle layer super output area: Eden 001 · E02004008

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 CA9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Nenthead Primary School

Community school
4.0 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
CA9 3 residents: 2,081

Age bands in CA9 3

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12%
Age 15 to 24: 6.9%
Age 25 to 44: 20.4%
Age 45 to 64: 35.3%
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

Alston (South Tynedale Railway)

PLT · Alston
3.4 miles
Alston (South Tynedale Railway)

MET · Alston
3.4 miles
Alston Rail Station

RLY · Alston
3.4 miles
Alston Rail Station

RPL · Alston
3.4 miles
Coalcleugh Farm

BCT · Coalcleugh
4.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Eden 001A, 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

12,457 of 33,755

Income: 6 of 10
Employment: 5 of 10
Education and skills: 5 of 10
Health and disability: 7 of 10
Crime: 7 of 10
Housing and services: 2 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Nenthead Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.5 miles.

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