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On Main Street, in Parton & Distington
What it's like at CA28 6NY: every home that has sold on Main Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Main Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 74 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Main StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £146,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43, Main StreetTerraced | Nov 2023 | £60,000 | 81 m² | £741/m² | 1 |
| 45, Main StreetTerraced | Nov 2025 | £33,000 | 89 m² | £371/m² | 3 |
| 49, Main StreetTerraced | Nov 2016 | £105,000 | 138 m² | £761/m² | 2 |
| 53, Main StreetTerraced | Mar 2021 | £72,000 | 70 m² | £1,029/m² | 3 |
| 54, Main StreetTerraced | Aug 2004 | £52,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 55, Main StreetTerraced | Jul 2024 | £82,000 | 59 m² | £1,390/m² | 3 |
| 56, Main StreetTerraced | Jan 2023 | £73,500 | 73 m² | £1,007/m² | 1 |
| 57, Main StreetTerraced | Jan 2013 | £54,000 | 67 m² | £806/m² | 2 |
| 61, Main StreetTerraced | Jul 2020 | £175,000 | 193 m² | £907/m² | 2 |
| 63, Main StreetTerraced | Aug 2024 | £88,000 | 130 m² | £677/m² | 2 |
| 64, Main StreetTerraced | Mar 2019 | £75,000 | 56 m² | £1,339/m² | 2 |
| 68, Main StreetTerraced | Aug 2007 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Canavan House, 37, Main StreetDetached | Nov 2021 | £265,000 | 261 m² | £1,015/m² | 2 |
| Quay House, Main StreetSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £66,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Parton, a few minutes' walk (100 m), with 13k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Sellafield.
The nearest bus stop is Ramsey Drive, 250 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 1A); 5 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 101 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Bridget's CofE School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 36% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Benedict's Catholic High School, 3.1 km away; Attainment 8: 41.2 · 6.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Stores, 2.1 km away, with Spar closer still (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mansion House Surgery (2.6 km), with Tesco Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.9 km).
For a haircut, Bella Vita is 2.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is West Cumberland Hospital, 5.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Moresby Hall is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Lowca Community Club the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 19 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 2% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
Bungalow country: 20% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Hawkeswood, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Soulbox Pilates & Yoga (2.3 km).
A swim is a short trip away: St Bees, 11 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 130 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 160 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
2 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Whitehaven and Workington constituency: Josh MacAlister MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 13,286 (31.8%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 53%, Reform UK 21%, Conservative 20%, Green Party 3%.
1 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CA28 6NY →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Nearest: Greystoke And District Sports Association · about 45 min
Nearest: Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway · about 47 min
Nearest: Lake District Wildlife Park · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 46 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 80.9% | 83.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 7.6% | 8.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 6.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 74 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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