A595 Cumberland
14 addresses across 4 postcodes (LA19), about 5.6 km (3.5 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 9201282.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1).
- Flood: 5 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 A; Band D in Cumberland costs £2,511 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 50% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bootle (Cumbria), about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 32 to 73 m above sea level.
- Noise: 10 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- People: About 760 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 33% 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
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 310 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
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 A (29% of about 650 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
- SHAW MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES TO SOUTH OF ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, grade II
- SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, grade II
- SWALLOWHURST AND ATTACHED BARNS, grade II
- VILLAGE CROSS, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 11 January 2027 to 15 January 2027: Cumberland Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (standard works)
- 15 January 2027 to 16 January 2027: Cumberland Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Finished in the last three months
- 26 September 2026 to 27 September 2026: Fibrus Networks GB Ltd, Utility asset works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 33 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA19 5XU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| LA19 5TJ | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| LA19 5YL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LA19 5YJ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 32 m and 73 m above sea level (41 m on average); the ground rises about 41 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA19 5TJ | 82% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LA19 5XU | 50% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| LA19 5YJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LA19 5YL | 86% | 0% | 0% | 14% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bootle (Cumbria) 14,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Ravenglass for Eskdale 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Drigg 7,080 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Brown Cow Inn Waberthwaite | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 115 km (72 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital | Millom Hospital | 14.5 km (9 miles) |
| Police station | Barrow Police Station | 23.7 km (15 miles) |
Parks and green space
No parks, play areas, playing fields or allotments within 3 km (1.9 miles).
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Shoemire Wood | Wood | 30 m |
| Newbiggin Marsh | Wetland | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Corney Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Blackdub Gill | Valley | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-east |
| Mill Gill | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Tarn Bay | Bay | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 3 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 14 |
10 of the street's 14 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waberthwaite CofE School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
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 (durham).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 11% | 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) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
- LA19 5XU: 5 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- LA19 5TJ: 4 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- LA19 5YL: 3 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- LA19 5YJ: 2 addresses of 47 in the postcode
All the streets in LA19 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.