A7 Westlinton, Cumberland
27 addresses across 8 postcodes (CA6), about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 5904469.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 1, F: 4).
- Flood: 4 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 Gretna Green, about 8.4 km (5.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 11 to 42 m above sea level.
- Noise: 25 of its 27 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Longtown Medical Centre, about 4.9 km (3 miles) away.
- People: About 770 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 35% 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
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 111 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (4); 1900-1929 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (25% of about 1,170 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- BLACKFORD FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, grade II
- LYNE BANK AND OUTBUILDINGS, grade II
- MILESTONE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE NY 39360 64250, grade II
- MILESTONE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE NY 39650 62650, grade II
- WESTLINTON BRIDGE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 1 February 2027 to 18 February 2027: SP Electricity North West, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway (major (paa) works)
Finished in the last three months
- 20 September 2026 to 26 September 2026: Cumberland Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
- 11 August 2026: Cumberland Council, Works for road purposes, two-way signals, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 5 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 60 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA6 4EA | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 5 | unlikely |
| CA6 4EF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CA6 6AA | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| CA6 6AB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CA6 4EE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CA6 4EH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CA6 4PJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CA6 6AP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 27 addresses are between 11 m and 42 m above sea level (22 m on average); the ground rises about 30 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA6 4EA | 100% | 25% | 25% | 0% |
| CA6 4EE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CA6 4EF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CA6 4EH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CA6 4PJ | 100% | 78% | 78% | 0% |
| CA6 6AA | 96% | 96% | 96% | 4% |
| CA6 6AB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CA6 6AP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gretna Green 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Carlisle 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Wetheral 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.9 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Westlinton | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Stagecoach depot Willow Holme | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 80.9 km (50 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Longtown Medical Centre | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Asda Pharmacy | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 21D Carlisle | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Cumberland Infirmary | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Police station | Carlisle Police | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | BP - The Moss Mwsa Connect Cashzone | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
No parks, play areas, playing fields or allotments within 3 km (1.9 miles).
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Battle of Solway Moss 1542, a registered battlefield, 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Solway Moss 1542 | Registered battlefield | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Boggs Plantation | Wood | 950 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Purdom's Crook | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Willow Clump | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Rylands Brae | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| White Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Mossband Marsh | Wetland | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.7 | 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 | 9 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 7 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 27 |
25 of the street's 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackford CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynebank House Hotel CA6 6AA | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 26 Feb 2026 |
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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 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 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 6 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
- CA6 4EA: 11 addresses of 42 in the postcode
- CA6 4EF: 4 addresses
- CA6 6AA: 4 addresses of 39 in the postcode
- CA6 6AB: 3 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- CA6 4EE: 2 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- CA6 4EH: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- CA6 4PJ: 1 address of 280 in the postcode
- CA6 6AP: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
All the streets in CA6 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.