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Brampton & Irthing
What it's like at CA8 7AA: 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.
Nothing recorded on this street or nearby yet.
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.
| Roman Wall VillaDetached | Jun 2025 | £270,000 | 124 m² | £2,177/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The GarthOther | Nov 2019 | £340,000 | 100 m² | £3,400/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Haltwhistle, a drive away (7.7 km), with 96k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newcastle.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 59 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
The nearest primary school is Gilsland CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Lanercost CofE Primary School (1.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 9 minutes away without a car.
The GP surgery is around 24 minutes on foot or by bus.
The nearest full A&E is Cumberland Infirmary, 18 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
House Of Meg Tea Rooms is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Samson Inn the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 76 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 164 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 141 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Greenhead (Millennium Green), 3.1 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newcastle is 65 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 180 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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.
4 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Wall, West of Former Vicarage | I | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Carlisle constituency: Ms Julie Minns MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,200 (11.3%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 20%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
0 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 CA8 7AA →
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 62.8% | 83.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 22.5% | 8.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.9% | 6.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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: Allonby · about 46 min
Nearest: Mirehouse · about 35 min
Nearest: Wetheriggs Zoo and Animal Sanctuary · 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.