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Buckabank Cumbria

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Driving Schools 9 Music Schools 8 Primary Schools 8 Nursery Schools 6 Martial Arts Schools 4 Independent or Preparatory Schools 3 After School Clubs 3 Riding School and Stables 3 Dance Schools 2 Schools 2 Art and Design Schools 1 Drama Schools 1 High and Secondary Schools 1 Karate Schools 1 Ballet Schools 1 Sailing Schools 1

Local servicesHospitalCumberland Infirmary4.5 miGP surgeryDalston Medical Groupunder a milePharmacyDalston Pharmacy Limitedunder a mileDentistYork Place Dental3.8 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools1 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independentPrimarySt Michael's CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 186 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryCaldew Schoolages 11-18, 990 pupilsunder a mileIndependentLime House Schoolages 7-18, 54 pupils1.2 miUniversityUniversity of Cumbria4.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNewcastle International Airport NCL53 miRailway stationDalston (Cumbria)1.0 miBus stationBus Station (Ca)Carlisle4.7 miFerryPooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing17 miBus stops19 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CA5 postcode district.

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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CA5 postcode district.

County or areaCumbria
Postcode districtCA5
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 20 min4:33 am – 9:53 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 12 min8:33 am – 3:46 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People11,878 residentsin the Garlands & Dalston census areaMedian age 45.75,163 households83% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright5% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.2% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 5,898 in work, 29% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 15%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 67% go by car, 2% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle76% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages32% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month December: highs 7°C, lows 1°C889 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October47 days of air frost, 5 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 1 to 7°CJFebruary: 1 to 7°CFMarch: 2 to 9°CMApril: 4 to 12°CAMay: 6 to 15°CMJune: 9 to 18°CJJuly: 11 to 20°CJAugust: 11 to 19°CASeptember: 9 to 17°CSOctober: 6 to 13°CONovember: 3 to 9°CNDecember: 1 to 7°CD20°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksBird's Hillhill · 1.9 miRaughtonhead Hillhill · 2.2 miMorrison's Woodwoodland · under a mileFar Pasture Woodwoodland · under a mileCummersdale Baywater · 2.4 miMoorthwaite Loughlake · 4.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · under a mile · 5 haDalston Recreation Centresports ground · under a mileDalston Hall Golf Coursegolf course · 1.4 mi · 25 haChance's Parkpark · 3.6 mi · 15 haWatchtree Nature Reservepark · 4.4 mi · 83 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes71 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 26 Dec 197913 mi away, Longtown, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202647 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 2.5 · PM2.5 4.2 · PM10 6.5 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband87% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband96% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)5,588 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation47 m154 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 40 to 84 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50





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