Sandside Canal Foot, Westmorland and Furness
11 addresses across 4 postcodes (LA12), about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) long. USRN 35904101.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £183,000 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: 8 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: 1 recorded flood covered 1 of its 4 postcode centres, most recently in February 1997.
- Landfill: 4 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Plumpton Refuse Tip, is 350 m away.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 7 times (16 hours) in 2025.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 130 m from its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- 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 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ulverston, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 7 to 9 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 Ulverston Medical Practice, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 830 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other crime.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | £183,000 | £183,000 | £183,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £145,500 | £145,500 | £145,500 |
| 2005 | 1 | £145,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £89,000 | £89,000 | £89,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £74,000 | £74,000 | £74,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £64,000 | £64,000 | £64,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £45,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £39,500 | £39,500 | £39,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2005 | 1 LA12 9EG | Terraced | £145,000 | |
| 21 May 1998 | 1 LA12 9EG | Terraced | £45,000 | |
| 28 Mar 2019 | 2 LA12 9EG | Terraced | £183,000 | |
| 18 Feb 2014 | 3 LA12 9EG | Terraced | £145,500 | |
| 8 Oct 2003 | 3 LA12 9EG | Terraced | £89,000 | |
| 12 Dec 1996 | 3 LA12 9EG | Terraced | £39,500 | |
| 25 Feb 2002 | MALT KILN COTTAGE LA12 9EG | Semi-detached | £74,000 | |
| 17 Dec 1999 | MALT KILN COTTAGE LA12 9EG | Semi-detached | £64,000 | |
| 19 Jan 2018 | UNITED UTILITIES LA12 9EG | Other | £275,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
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 12,488 kWh of it on average in 2024, 12% more than the district's 11,146 kWh, and 5,175 kWh of electricity, 39% more than the district's 3,725 kWh. There are gas meters for about 90% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA12 9EG | 9 | 3,565 kWh | 9 | 12,446 kWh |
| LA12 9EL | 9 | 2,928 kWh | 6 | 13,664 kWh |
| LA12 9EN | 12 | 3,022 kWh | 12 | 9,644 kWh |
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 LA12.
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 1,190 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
- CANAL BASIN AND PIER ON SEAWARD END OF ULVERSTON CANAL,CANAL FOOT, grade II
- LOCK COTTAGE, grade II
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
Finished in the last three months
- 28 October 2026: Westmorland and Furness Council, Works for road purposes, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 13 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 33 homes the Environment Agency counts, 4 are in areas at high risk, 4 medium, 12 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA12 9EG | zone 3 | 0 / 2 / 8 | unlikely |
| LA12 9EL | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| LA12 9DR | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| LA12 9EN | zone 2 | 2 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
1 recorded flood covered 1 of the centres of this street's postcodes, most recently in February 1997 (main river).
| When | Flood | Source and cause | Postcodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb 1997 | Not named | Main river; other | LA12 9EN |
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
The nearest projected erosion zone is 130 m from the street's postcodes (by 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention Great Ormes Head to Scotland | up to 2 m | 130 m |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention Great Ormes Head to Scotland | up to 6 m | 130 m |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Great Ormes Head to Scotland | up to 6 m | 130 m |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 7 times, for 16 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Carter Pool.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulverston Wwtw United Utilities | Carter Pool | 3 | 1 | 200 m |
| Cross Lane Sandside Rd Cso Lak0110 United Utilities | Carter Pool | 4 | 15 | 420 m (0.3 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 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 10 to 30%: 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.
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
4 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 350 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumpton Refuse Tip Plumpton Quarry, Ulverston, Cumbria | from 1969 | Commercial, liquid sludge | 350 m |
| Plumpton Quarries Extension Ulverston, Cumbria | from 1987 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household | 380 m |
| Glaxo Laboratories Limeted Ulverston Slagbank, Ulverston, Cumbria | 1948 to 1993 | Inert | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Plumpton Quarries Ulverston, Cumbria | 1969 to 1991 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household | 470 m (0.3 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 11 addresses are between 7 m and 9 m above sea level (8 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA12 9DR | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LA12 9EG | 77% | 62% | 62% | 0% |
| LA12 9EL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LA12 9EN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ulverston 290,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cark and Cartmel 94,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Dalton (Cumbria) 78,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Glaxo Sandside | 10 m |
| Bus or coach station | St Mary's Church Ulverston | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Lakeside Windermere Ferry Landing | 11.9 km (7.4 miles) |
| Car parks | Brewery Street Car Park | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 96.1 km (60 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ulverston Medical Practice Good Oct 2018 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 7 Fountain Street (Dental Practice) | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Primary Care Assessment Service (Furness General Hospital) Requires improvement Jan 2026 | 11.4 km (7.1 miles) |
| Care homes | Elmhurst Good Jan 2020 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Barrow Police Station | 14 km (8.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Certas Energy - Canal Head Services Cashzone | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,050 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 500 m² | 150 m |
| Playing field | Lightburn Park 1.8 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,270 m² | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hammerside Hill | Hill | 320 m south-east |
| Hammerside Point | Wetland | 400 m (0.2 miles) south-east |
| New Basin | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Beach Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Chapel Island | Island | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Barker Scar | Cliff or slope | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the street's 11 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bay Horse Hotel LA12 9EL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 27 Aug 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other crime | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Parking Area (3).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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 | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 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 5 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: Westmorland and Furness Council: Works for road purposes, 28 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- LA12 9EG: 7 addresses of 37 in the postcode
- LA12 9EL: 2 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- LA12 9DR: 1 address of 55 in the postcode
- LA12 9EN: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
All the streets in LA12 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.