Park Cottages Barrows Green, Westmorland and Furness
3 addresses across 3 postcodes (LA9), about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) long. USRN 35903931.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £260,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Westmorland and Furness cost £231,161 in August 2026 (+5.1% on a year); private rents averaged £819 a month.
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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, Disused Canal, is 260 m away.
- Radon: Up to 30% or more of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Greaves, Popplemire Lane - Anaerobic Digestion Plant, is 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Westmorland and Furness costs £2,508 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 13% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Oxenholme Lake District, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 32 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 3 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The James Cochrane Pract., about 3.2 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 770 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 51% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £330,000 | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £192,000 | £192,000 | £192,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £249,950 | £249,950 | £249,950 |
| 2006 | 2 | £205,250 | £187,500 | £223,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £85,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £55,500 | £55,500 | £55,500 |
| 1997 | 1 | £35,000 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Nov 2022 | 1 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £260,000 | |
| 21 Dec 2016 | 1 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £192,000 | |
| 10 May 2012 | 1 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £185,000 | |
| 19 May 2006 | 1 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £187,500 | |
| 28 Nov 2003 | 1 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £120,000 | |
| 27 Nov 1998 | 1 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £55,500 | |
| 6 Aug 1997 | 1 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £35,000 | |
| 16 Nov 2009 | 2 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £249,950 | |
| 6 Oct 2006 | 2 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £223,000 | |
| 11 Jun 2020 | 3 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £330,000 | |
| 10 Mar 2000 | 3 LA9 7QQ | Terraced | £85,000 |
House prices and rents in Westmorland and Furness
A typical home in Westmorland and Furness cost £231,161 in August 2026, 5.1% more than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 35% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £390,474 |
| Semi-detached | £250,884 |
| Terraced | £188,147 |
| Flat or maisonette | £134,138 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £194,242 |
Private renters in Westmorland and Furness paid £819 a month on average in September 2026, 6.2% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £606 |
| Two bedrooms | £776 |
| Three bedrooms | £946 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,326 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 22,216 kWh of it on average in 2024, 107% more than the district's 10,734 kWh, and 4,054 kWh of electricity, 30% more than the district's 3,118 kWh. There are gas meters for about 61% of the homes.
1 of its postcodes has no gas meters recorded among 10 or more homes: often flats heated by electricity, or homes off the gas grid.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA9 7QQ | 23 | 2,403 kWh | 28 | 16,393 kWh |
| LA9 7QS | 6 | 4,113 kWh | under 5 | |
| LA9 7QT | 17 7 Economy 7 | 4,182 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is LA9.
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 E (27% of about 1,180 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
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greaves, Popplemire Lane - Anaerobic Digestion Plant Westmorland and Furness 2024/1576/FPA | Anaerobic digestion | Permission granted, not yet built Jan 2025 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 14 October 2026: Fibrus Networks GB Ltd, Utility asset works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
- 13 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the verge (major works)
- 29 September 2026 to 2 October 2026: United Utilities Water Ltd, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 17 September 2026 to 19 September 2026: Fibrus Networks GB Ltd, Utility asset works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
- 17 August 2026 to 20 August 2026: Westmorland and Furness Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (standard works)
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 7 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA9 7QQ | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 0 / 7 | unlikely |
| LA9 7QS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LA9 7QT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 30% or more: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: 10 to 30% (3); 30% or more (1).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 260 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disused Canal Larkrigg, Natland, Kendal, Cumbria | 1991 to 1994 | Inert | 260 m |
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 3 addresses are between 32 m and 78 m above sea level (55 m on average); the ground rises about 46 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA9 7QQ | 100% | 4% | 4% | 0% |
| LA9 7QS | 88% | 13% | 13% | 0% |
| LA9 7QT | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Oxenholme Lake District 675,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Kendal 180,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Burneside (Cumbria) 28,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km (5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Blackhall Road Kendal | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Fell Foot Country Park Ferry Landing | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Oxenholme House Car Park | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Busher Walk - Kendal GeniePoint | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 84.6 km (53 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The James Cochrane Pract. Good Apr 2018 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Asda Pharmacy | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Westmorland General Hospital Good Jan 2026 | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Care homes | Kendal Care Home Good Aug 2021 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Police station | Kendal Police Station | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 1,940 m² | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,740 m² | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is New Sedgwick gunpowder works, 580m north of Gate House, a scheduled monument, 890 m (0.6 miles) west. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| New Sedgwick gunpowder works, 580m north of Gate House | Scheduled monument | 890 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Sedgwick aqueduct | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Castlesteads small multivallate hillfort on The Helm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Sizergh Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Levens Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Larkrigg Hill | Hill | 310 m north |
| Larkrigg Spring | Wood | 520 m (0.3 miles) west |
| High Cockcrow Wood | Wood | 710 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Basin Ghyll | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Charley Island | Island | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Holme Bottom | Valley | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.3 | 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 2 |
1 of the street's 3 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from railways, 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 Westmorland and Furness: see them on the Westmorland and Furness page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosscrake CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 45% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2024; 83% in 2023) |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 79% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
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 49 childminders and 1 home childcarers (nannies) in Westmorland and Furness. 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
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).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr 2023 18:59 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Wet road |
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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 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 | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 9 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: Fibrus Networks GB Ltd: Utility asset works, 14 October 2026 to 16 October 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- LA9 7QQ: 1 address of 33 in the postcode
- LA9 7QS: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- LA9 7QT: 1 address of 30 in the postcode
All the streets in LA9 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; 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.