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On Moresby Parks Road, in Parton & Distington
What it's like at CA28 8XQ: every home that has sold on Moresby Parks Road 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 Moresby Parks Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 92 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 96, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £150,000 | 90 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
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| 103, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £70,000 | 90 m² | £778/m² | 2 |
| 104, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £89,000 | 91 m² | £978/m² | 2 |
| 105, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2021 | £128,000 | 88 m² | £1,455/m² | 3 |
| 107, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2009 | £110,000 | 123 m² | £894/m² | 1 |
| 108, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | May 2016 | £66,000 | 102 m² | £647/m² | 2 |
| 109, Moresby Parks RoadTerraced | Nov 2024 | £205,000 | 118 m² | £1,737/m² | 2 |
| 113, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £135,000 | 88 m² | £1,534/m² | 3 |
| 114, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £73,000 | 96 m² | £760/m² | 1 |
| 115, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £78,500 | 85 m² | £924/m² | 2 |
| 116, Moresby Parks RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £120,000 | 78 m² | £1,538/m² | 4 |
| 121, Moresby Parks RoadTerraced | Feb 2018 | £55,000 | 81 m² | £679/m² | 1 |
| 122, Moresby Parks RoadTerraced | Jul 1995 | £31,250 | – | – | 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 short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 13k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Sellafield.
The nearest bus stop is Post Office, 100 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (routes 1A, 1).
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 Moresby Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 80% 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, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 41.2 · 6.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Spar & Filling Station, 2.2 km away, with Spar closer still (1.8 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lowther Medical Centre (2.8 km), with Tesco Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.5 km).
For a haircut, Retro Unisex Hair salon is 2.5 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.
Rosehill Theatre is the closest café or restaurant (1.2 km), and Moresby RUFC Club the nearest pub (150 m).
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, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Copeland Pool (2.4 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.
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.
5 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%.
4 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 8XQ →
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 71 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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 92 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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