Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 22 min4:32 am – 9:54 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 11 min8:34 am – 3:45 pm
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People6,007 residentsin the Longtown & Border census areaMedian age 50.62,712 households71% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright8% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.7% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 2,975 in work, 27% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, farming, forestry and fishing 15%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 28% work from home, 64% go by car, 2% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle41% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages24% of adults hold a degree or higher23% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month December: highs 7°C, lows 2°C904 mm of rain a year, 25 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 days of air frost, 5 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 landmarksCarhead Streamriver · 2.0 miCoop Streamriver · 2.0 miWhite Hillhill · 1.6 miGibbet Woodwoodland · under a mileWildernesswoodland · under a mileHorse Poollake · 3.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCarlisle Golf Centre and Driving Rangegolf course · under a mile · 5 haBitts Parkpark · 2.6 mi · 21 haThe Greenplaying field · 1.3 miVillage Greenpark · 2.4 miHeysham Parkpark · 3.3 mi · 17 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes61 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 26 Dec 19796 mi away, Longtown, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 13 Sep 202645 mi away, Sedbergh, CumbriaSource: 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 4.6 · PM2.5 4.7 · PM10 8.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband70% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband82% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)2.8% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,928 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation31 m102 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 13 to 37 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCumberland Infirmary2.9 miGP surgeryCarlisle Healthcare - North Carlisle Medical Practice2.0 miPharmacyAsda Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentist21D Carlisleunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools4 primary, 1 specialPrimaryBlackford CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 60 pupils1.0 miPrimaryHoughton CofE Schoolages 4-11, 179 pupils1.3 miSecondaryTrinity Schoolages 11-18, 1,711 pupils2.9 miUniversityUniversity of Cumbria3.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNewcastle International Airport NCL50 miRailway stationCarlisle3.3 miBus stationStagecoach depotWillow Holme2.8 miFerryPooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing23 miBus stops24 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CA6 postcode district.
