A591 Keswick, Cumberland
84 addresses across 7 postcodes (CA12), about 5.1 km (3.2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 304232.
- Energy: 25 homes have an energy certificate (A: 11, B: 1, C: 2, D: 6, E: 4, F: 1).
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Cumberland costs £2,511 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Aspatria, about 17.2 km (11 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Whinlatter Forest Park, is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 69 to 160 m above sea level.
- Noise: 55 of its 84 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Castlehead Medical Centre, about 4.8 km (3 miles) away.
- People: About 750 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
25 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 112 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (12); House, detached (6); Bungalow, detached (4). Built: 2024 (8); before 1900 (4); 2023 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11); rented (private) (4).
Council tax
What each band costs in Cumberland in 2026-27: Band D £2,511 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,674 | £1,953 | £2,232 | £2,511 | £3,069 | £3,627 | £4,186 | £5,023 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (24% of about 960 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 12.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- MILLBECK HALL AND ADJOINING BARN, grade II*
- APPLETHWAITE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CANONS COTTAGE, grade II
- LITTLE CROSTHWAITE COTTAGES, grade II
- LOW GROVE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MILLBECK PLACE, grade II
- MILLBECK TOWERS, grade II
- MILLBECK TOWERS COTTAGES AND WATER AUTHORITY STOREROOM, grade II
- ORCHARD COTTAGE, grade II
- SOUTH LODGE TO MIREHOUSE, grade II
- SUNNYSIDE, grade II
- VILLAGE HALL, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 1 October 2026: United Utilities Water Ltd, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 28 August 2026: Cumberland Council, Works for road purposes, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
- 27 August 2026 to 28 August 2026: United Utilities Water Ltd, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 11 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA12 4PY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CA12 4QD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
| CA12 4QE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| CA12 4BF | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| CA12 4PF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 4 | unlikely |
| CA12 4PG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CA12 4QG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 84 addresses are between 69 m and 160 m above sea level (93 m on average); the ground rises about 91 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA12 4BF | 92% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| CA12 4PF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CA12 4PG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CA12 4PY | 38% | 38% | 38% | 0% |
| CA12 4QD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 73% |
| CA12 4QE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| CA12 4QG | 35% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Aspatria 32,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 17.2 km (11 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Dodd Wood Skiddaw | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station (K) Keswick | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing Portinscale | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Noble Knott Car Park | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 106 km (66 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Castlehead Medical Centre | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 Pack Horse Court (Dental Practice) | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Keswick Hospital | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Allerdale Police | 21.7 km (13 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Whinlatter Forest Park 1,349 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Throstle Shaw | Wood | 170 m north |
| Dodd Wood | Wood | 630 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Bridges Hole | Lake or reservoir | 720 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Dodd | Hill | 780 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Church Bay | Bay | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Southerndale | Valley | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 5.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 5 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 20 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 11 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 19 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 84 |
55 of the street's 84 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Cumberland: see them on the Cumberland page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (cumbria).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 5% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- CA12 4PY: 26 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- CA12 4QD: 26 addresses of 27 in the postcode
- CA12 4QE: 15 addresses
- CA12 4BF: 13 addresses
- CA12 4PF: 2 addresses of 44 in the postcode
- CA12 4PG: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
- CA12 4QG: 1 address of 46 in the postcode
All the streets in CA12 and across Cumberland.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.