Colliery Close Alston, Westmorland and Furness
1 address across 1 postcode (CA9), about 40 m long. USRN 85900186.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (A: 2).
- 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 A; Band D in Westmorland and Furness costs £2,508 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Haltwhistle, about 17.7 km (11 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 307 to 311 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Alston Medical Practice, about 220 m away.
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 48 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 111 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (2). Built: 2026 (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Westmorland and Furness in 2026-27: Band D £2,508 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,672 | £1,951 | £2,229 | £2,508 | £3,065 | £3,623 | £4,180 | £5,016 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (47% of about 1,150 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Tyne Café and garage buildings, Alston: up to 18 homes, not permissioned (290 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 307 m and 311 m above sea level (308 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA9 3UX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Haltwhistle 96,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 17.7 km (11 miles) |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Town Head Alston | 210 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 54.3 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Alston Medical Practice | 220 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Alston Pharmacy | 370 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Alston Dental Practice | 220 m |
| Hospital | Alston Hospital | 220 m |
| Police station | Brampton Police Station | 24.4 km (15 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,920 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 140 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,140 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is High Mill, a listed building (Grade II*), 370 m north. 41 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| High Mill | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m north |
| Market Cross | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m north |
| Moated site, 340m north east of Moorwell Bridge | Scheduled monument | 750 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Low Force | Waterfall | 610 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Hallhill Plantation | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| High Spencycroft Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Mounthooly Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km (1 mile) north |
| Low Bottom | Valley | 3 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Horse Edge | Hill | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 6 | 6 |
None of the street's 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Westmorland and Furness: see them on the Westmorland and Furness page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alston Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 240 m | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Samuel King's School | Secondary | 11–16 | 240 m | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alston Moor Federation also trading as Nenthead Primary School CA9 3QU | School/college/university | 240 m | 5 Very good | 8 May 2024 |
| Saddlers Bakery and Bistro CA9 3SF | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 4 Good | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Walter's Cafe & Bar CA9 3SE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 5 Very good | 30 Oct 2025 |
| Victoria Inn CA9 3SE | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 290 m | 5 Very good | 19 Sep 2025 |
| Graham Eyes High Class Butchers CA9 3HY | Retailers - other | 310 m | 5 Very good | 21 Sep 2021 |
| Spar CA9 3HY | Retailers - other | 310 m | 5 Very good | 22 Oct 2024 |
| Grisedale Croft CA9 3QS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 320 m | 5 Very good | 19 Sep 2025 |
| Alston Post Office CA9 3HP | Retailers - other | 320 m | Exempt | |
| Alston House CA9 3RN | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 350 m | 5 Very good | 24 Apr 2026 |
| Alston Wholefoods CA9 3QN | Retailers - other | 350 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jan 2025 |
| Alston Pharmacy CA9 3QP | Retailers - other | 370 m | Exempt | |
| Cumbrian Co-op CA9 3HS | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 390 m | 5 Very good | 4 Nov 2022 |
| The Turk's Head CA9 3HS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 390 m | 5 Very good | 27 Mar 2018 |
| Cobbles Cafe CA9 3HS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 24 Apr 2026 |
| Cumberland Hotel CA9 3HX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Apr 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 34 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 6 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hospital (19); On or near Bruntley Meadows (12); On or near A689 (7); On or near Church Road (4); On or near B6277 (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 26% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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
- CA9 3UX: 1 address of 29 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Bruntley Meadows · The Firs · B6277 · Overburn · B6277 · Park View Lane · Front Street · Front Street · Church Road · Kates Lane · Jollybeard Gate · Station Road
All the streets in CA9 and across Westmorland and Furness.
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.