Shaw End Cottages Grayrigg, Westmorland and Furness
8 addresses across 4 postcodes (LA8), about 5.8 km (3.6 miles) long. USRN 35903484.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2001 the median was £160,000 across 1 sale.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 E; Band D in Westmorland and Furness costs £2,508 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 80% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kendal, about 7.4 km (4.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 193 to 327 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Sedbergh Medical Practice, about 7.1 km (4.4 miles) away.
- People: About 490 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £87,000 | £87,000 | £87,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2001 | 2 LA8 0DN | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 16 Jan 1997 | 2 LA8 0DN | Semi-detached | £87,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 (30% of about 1,080 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- BRACKEN HALL, grade II
- BRACKEN HALL COTTAGE, grade II
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN, grade II
- GRAYRIGG HEAD, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 4 January 2027 to 23 April 2027: NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the footway, carriageway, verge (major (paa) works)
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 193 m and 327 m above sea level (221 m on average); the ground rises about 134 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA8 0DH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LA8 0DN | 80% | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| LA8 9BX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LA8 9BY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kendal 180,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Oxenholme Lake District 675,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) | |
| Burneside (Cumbria) 28,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Blackhall Road Kendal | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 79.9 km (50 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 83.5 km (52 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Sedbergh Medical Practice | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Allied Pharmacy Sedbergh | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Main Street Dental Surgery | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Westmorland General Hospital | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Police station | Kendal Police Station | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Roadchef - Killington Lake, Killington Cashzone | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
Parks and green space
No parks, play areas, playing fields or allotments within 3 km (1.9 miles).
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Powson Plantation | Wood | 940 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Hyning Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Spoilbank Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Docker Fell | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Grayrigg Tarn | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) north |
| Brake Wheel | Cliff or slope | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 8 |
3 of the street's 8 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 Westmorland and Furness: see them on the Westmorland and Furness page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: NATIONAL HIGHWAYS: Highway repair and maintenance works, 4 January 2027 to 23 April 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- LA8 0DH: 5 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- LA8 0DN: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
- LA8 9BX: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
- LA8 9BY: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
All the streets in LA8 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.