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Hensingham, Hillcrest & Aikbank
What it's like at CA28 6UX: every home that has sold on the 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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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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Corkickle, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 66k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Sellafield.
The nearest bus stop is Highfields, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 30, 600); 26 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 105 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is Jericho Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 89% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Whitehaven Academy, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 39.7 · 5.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Spar & Filling Station, 500 m away; Applegreen (850 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lowther Medical Centre (1.2 km), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Revival is 950 m away.
The nearest full A&E is West Cumberland Hospital, 1.6 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.
The Community Centre Red Lonning is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Ribton the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 4% flats and 25% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is St Beghs Priory Church Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Copeland Pool (1.1 km).
A swim is a short trip away: St Bees, 6.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 132 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 157 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
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.
12 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%.
7 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 6UX →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Nearest: Greystoke And District Sports Association · about 51 min
Nearest: Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway · about 44 min
Nearest: Lake District Wildlife Park · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.8% | 83.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 8.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 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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