Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 19 min4:35 am – 9:54 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 13 min8:34 am – 3:48 pm
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People7,000 residentsin the Boltons, Warnell & Solway Coast census areaMedian age 53.13,064 households80% of homes owner-occupied56% owned outright5% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.6% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 3,475 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: farming, forestry and fishing 14%, health and social work 13%, retail and wholesale 13%Getting to work: 35% work from home, 57% go by car, 6% walk or cycle32% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages37% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,079 mm of rain a year, 31 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October46 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksGrave's Poollake · under a mileBeacon Hillhill · under a mileBroom Hillhill · 1.0 miWellington Woodswoodland · 1.3 miCissywell Woodwoodland · 1.5 miAllonby Baybay · 4.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesAspatria War Memorial Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 3 haPond Greenpark · 1.8 miBrayton Parkgolf course · 1.4 mi · 14 haThe Greenpark · 2.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes70 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 26 Dec 197925 mi away, Longtown, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202646 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.5 · PM2.5 4.1 · PM10 6.6 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband38% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband72% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.6% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,285 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation76 m249 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 41 to 87 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCockermouth Community Hospital6.7 miGP surgeryAspatria Medical Groupunder a milePharmacyBootsunder a mileDentistDerwent House Orthodontics6.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools4 primary, 1 secondarySecondaryBeacon Hill Community Schoolages 11-16, 135 pupilsright herePrimaryRichmond Hill Schoolages 2-11, 205 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Matthew's CofE Schoolages 4-11, 51 pupils1.6 miCollegeLakes College - West Cumbria13.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNewcastle International Airport NCL68 miRailway stationAspatriaunder a mileBus stationBus Station (W)Workington12 miFerryNichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry LandingPortinscale14 miBus stops12 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CA5 postcode district.
