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Middleton Cumbria

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Primary Schools 9 Nursery Schools 7 Driving Schools 7 Dance Schools 3 Riding School and Stables 3 Music Schools 2 Business Schools 2 Beauty Schools 1 Martial Arts Schools 1 Independent or Preparatory Schools 1 Language Schools 1 Sailing Schools 1 Schools 1
Local servicesHospitalWestmorland General Hospital6.6 miGP surgerySedbergh Medical Practice4.1 miPharmacyAllied Pharmacy Sedbergh4.3 miDentistMain Street Dental Surgery4.3 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeKendal College7.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA47 miRailway stationOxenholme Lake District6.2 miBus stationBlackhall RoadKendal7.8 miFerryjettyFell Foot15 miBus stops1 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LA6 postcode district.

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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LA6 postcode district.

County or areaCumbria
Postcode districtLA6
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 12 min4:35 am – 9:48 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 19 min8:28 am – 3:48 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People6,329 residentsin the Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale census areaMedian age 52.22,714 households70% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright10% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate53% of adults are economically active, 2,705 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: education 18%, retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 10%Getting to work: 33% work from home, 48% go by car, 17% walk or cycle38% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages40% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 18°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 5°C, lows 1°C1,504 mm of rain a year, 50 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December49 days of air frost, 5 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 1 to 5°CJFebruary: 1 to 6°CFMarch: 2 to 8°CMApril: 3 to 11°CAMay: 6 to 14°CMJune: 9 to 16°CJJuly: 11 to 18°CJAugust: 11 to 18°CASeptember: 9 to 15°CSOctober: 6 to 12°CONovember: 3 to 8°CNDecember: 1 to 6°CD20°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksMistress Lumbwaterfall · 2.2 miLow Forcewaterfall · 2.4 miBarbon Pikemountain · 2.9 miTarneybank Tarnlake · 2.4 miGreen Park Hillhill · 1.2 miPark Hillhill · 1.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesQueen's Gardenpark · 3.8 miFairbank Plantationpark · 4.3 mi · 11 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes78 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197249 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202612 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 2.0 · PM2.5 4.7 · PM10 6.9 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband59% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,245 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation76 m249 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 60 to 146 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50





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