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On Esk Avenue, in Whitehaven Harbour & Corkickle
What it's like at CA28 8AJ: every home that has sold on Esk Avenue 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.
Sales and extensions on Esk Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 87, Esk AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £28,000 | 85 m² | £329/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95, Esk AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £115,000 | 73 m² | £1,575/m² | 2 |
| 142, Esk AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £66,000 | 76 m² | £868/m² | 2 |
| 144, Esk AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £133,000 | 89 m² | £1,494/m² | 2 |
| 146, Esk AvenueSemi-detached | May 2015 | £60,000 | 85 m² | £706/m² | 1 |
| 148, Esk AvenueSemi-detached | May 1995 | £35,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Corkickle, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 66k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Sellafield.
The nearest bus stop is Calder Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 3); 13 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 91 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Whitehaven Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 39.7 · 5.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Wm Morrison, 800 m away, with Nisa Local closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lowther Medical Centre (1.0 km), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Revival is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is West Cumberland Hospital, 2.5 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 32 restaurants and cafés and 31 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Mcdonalds Restaurants is the closest café or restaurant (900 m), and The Ribton the nearest pub (550 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 220 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 63% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Whitehaven Town Centre, Whitehaven Corkickle).
There are 162 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 36% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is St Beghs Priory Church Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Whitehaven Sports Centre (1.0 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 3.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 133 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 158 km.
10 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%.
17 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 8AJ →
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Esk Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 28 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| 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 | 83.2% | 83.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 8.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.4% | 6.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.8% | 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.
Nearest: Greystoke And District Sports Association · about 51 min
Nearest: Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway · about 45 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.