Market Square Keswick, Cumberland
1 address across 1 postcode (CA12), about 60 m long. USRN 304111.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Cumberland cost £172,654 in August 2026 (+4.1% on a year); private rents averaged £687 a month.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Town Cass, is 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 54 times (63 hours) in 2025.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A5271, carries 8,065 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Cumberland costs £2,511 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Aspatria, about 21.6 km (13 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 230 m away, and Crow Park (7.8 hectares) is about 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 83 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 Castlehead Medical Centre, about 370 m away.
- People: About 200 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 38% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 155 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 2 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2019 | MOOT HALL CA12 5JR | Other | £255,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Cumberland
A typical home in Cumberland cost £172,654 in August 2026, 4.1% more than a year before. That is 21% more than five years earlier and 40% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £286,152 |
| Semi-detached | £179,276 |
| Terraced | £143,160 |
| Flat or maisonette | £94,927 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £152,989 |
Private renters in Cumberland paid £687 a month on average in September 2026, 7.2% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £512 |
| Two bedrooms | £649 |
| Three bedrooms | £792 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,103 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
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 B (35% of about 1,130 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Keswick (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Keswick Town Centre.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- THE MOOT HALL, grade II*
- KING'S ARMS HOTEL, grade II
- ODDFELLOWS ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Keswick Youth Centre: up to 10 homes, permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- Keswick Convention Centre: up to 18 homes, not permissioned (600 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 54 times, for 63 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into The River Greta, River Greta.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawnsley Hall Pumping Station United Utilities | The River Greta | 54 | 63 | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Penrith Rd United Utilities | River Greta | 0 | 0 | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Cass Keswick, Cumbria | 1972 to 1986 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household, liquid sludge | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 83 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA12 5JR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Aspatria 32,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 21.6 km (13 miles) |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Daleview Hotel Keswick | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station (K) Keswick | 280 m |
| Ferry terminal | Keswick Ferry Landing | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Central Carpark Keswick GeniePoint | 20 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 105 km (65 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Castlehead Medical Centre Good Feb 2018 | 370 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 30 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 4 Pack Horse Court (Dental Practice) | 110 m |
| Hospital | Keswick Hospital | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Millfield Good Feb 2019 | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Allerdale Police | 17.4 km (11 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,730 m² | 230 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Crow Park 7.8 ha | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,540 m² | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lower Fitz Park 11 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,190 m² | 350 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 10 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Moot Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 40 m. 43 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Moot Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 40 m |
| Church of St John | Listed building, Grade II* | 300 m south-east |
| Greta House | Listed building, Grade I | 390 m north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cockshot Wood | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Castlehead Wood | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Isthmus Bay | Bay | 880 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Silver Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Derwent Water | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south |
| St John's in the Vale | Valley | 5 km (3.1 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the street's 1 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 Cumberland: see them on the Cumberland page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Herbert's CofE (VA) Primary and Nursery School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 48% in 2023) |
| Keswick School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Outstanding (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 50.9 (52.1 in 2025 and 54.1 in 2024); 54.7% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 16.7% AAB or better; progress average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 57 childminders and 3 home childcarers (nannies) in Cumberland. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Coffee Shop CA12 5BL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 5 Very good | 20 Nov 2025 |
| The Round CA12 5BL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 4 Good | 1 May 2026 |
| Mama Mia Pizzeria & Grill CA12 5BL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 30 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jan 2025 |
| The Oddfellows Arms CA12 5BL | Pub/bar/nightclub | 30 m | 5 Very good | 18 Jun 2025 |
| The Kings Arms and Casas Sports bar CA12 5BL | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 30 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2026 |
| The Skiddaw Hotel CA12 5BN | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 40 m | 5 Very good | 5 Mar 2025 |
| Twisted Willow CA12 5JR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 40 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Boots UK Ltd (Keswick) CA12 5BL | Retailers - other | 60 m | Exempt | |
| Ye Olde Friars CA12 5JD | Retailers - other | 60 m | 5 Very good | 28 Aug 2026 |
| The Dog & Gun CA12 5BT | Pub/bar/nightclub | 60 m | 5 Very good | 21 Jan 2026 |
| Merienda CA12 5JD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 60 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Sweet Temptations CA12 5JD | Retailers - other | 70 m | 5 Very good | 20 Aug 2020 |
| Harpers Newsagents CA12 5BL | Retailers - other | 70 m | 5 Very good | 3 Mar 2020 |
| Roly's Fudge Keswick Limited CA12 5BS | Retailers - other | 70 m | 5 Very good | 24 Sep 2024 |
| The Old Keswickian CA12 5BD | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 80 m | 4 Good | 1 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 50 |
| Shoplifting | 31 |
| Public order | 16 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 16 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 |
| Other theft | 15 |
| Bicycle theft | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Shopping Area (26); On or near Tithebarn Street (17); On or near Main Street (16); On or near Poplar Street (15); On or near Parking Area (13).
Road safety
3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 2 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist. 33% happened in the dark, and 33% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 2025 22:36 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 19 Jul 2023 14:00 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 11 Oct 2021 11:51 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A5271, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A5271 between B5289 and A591, with 8,065 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 380 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5271 | B5289 to A591 | 8,065 estimated; counted 2022 | 1% | -1% since 2015 | 380 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 15% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 38% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 24% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 52% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 72% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 16% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 47% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- Food hygiene ratings Bagheera in the Lakes - South Indian Street Food (restaurant/cafe/canteen, CA12 5HF) now 1 Major improvement necessary, was Awaiting inspection (rated 1 October 2026) found 6 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Asaya Thai (restaurant/cafe/canteen, CA12 5HH) re-inspected, still 4 Good (rated 1 October 2026) found 6 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- CA12 5JR: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Gateys Yard · Police Court Yard · Poplar Street · Lake Road · Police Court Yard · Wickham Court · Derwent Close · Pack Horse Court · Pack Horse Court · New Street · Luptons Court · Heads Mount
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.