A595 Cumberland
53 addresses across 7 postcodes (LA18), about 5.4 km (3.4 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 9201285.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 3, F: 3, G: 3).
- Flood: 8 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 17% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Silecroft, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 15 to 597 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 53 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Waterloo House Surgery, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 660 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 34% 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
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 157 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (2); House, end-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (7); 1983-1990 (1); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
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 (26% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- CHAPPELS FARMHOUSE AND BARN, grade II
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 12 October 2026 to 30 October 2026: Cumberland Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (major works)
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 3 November 2026 to 5 November 2026: Fibrus Networks GB Ltd, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 3 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 22 homes the Environment Agency counts, 5 are in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA18 5LX | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| LA18 5LY | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LA18 5JS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LA18 5LT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LA18 5LU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| LA18 5JL | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| LA18 5LS | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 53 addresses are between 15 m and 597 m above sea level (94 m on average); the ground rises about 582 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA18 5JL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| LA18 5JS | 0% | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| LA18 5LS | 94% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LA18 5LT | 0% | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| LA18 5LU | 17% | 17% | 17% | 50% |
| LA18 5LX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| LA18 5LY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Silecroft 7,640 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Green Road 7,480 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Millom 187,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 106 km (66 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Waterloo House Surgery | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Horn Hill Dental Practice | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Millom Hospital | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Police station | Barrow Police Station | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 730 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Breanam Plantation | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Whicham Valley | Valley | 630 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Black Combe | Hill | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Baystone Bank Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) north-east |
| Silecroft Beach | Beach | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) south-west |
| Millom Marsh | Wetland | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 46 | 53 |
7 of the street's 53 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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: Cumberland Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 12 October 2026 to 30 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- LA18 5LX: 16 addresses
- LA18 5LY: 12 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- LA18 5JS: 9 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- LA18 5LT: 7 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- LA18 5LU: 7 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- LA18 5JL: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
- LA18 5LS: 1 address of 22 in the postcode
All the streets in LA18 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.