Cumberland Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Cumberland Council is the one council for Cumberland: there is no county council above it, so it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 10,485 postcodes in use in Cumberland, in 29 postcode districts across 4 postcode areas.
85% of homes and businesses in Cumberland can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 7,743 homes and businesses in Cumberland in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Do it on Cumberland Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Cumberland Council. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Cumberland?
Across Cumberland, 85% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 84% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Cumberland?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,511 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,674 |
| Band B | £1,953 |
| Band C | £2,232 |
| Band D | £2,511 |
| Band E | £3,069 |
| Band F | £3,627 |
| Band G | £4,186 |
| Band H | £5,023 |
Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Cumberland are at risk of flooding?
Across Cumberland, the Environment Agency puts 7,743 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,787 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Cumberland the Environment Agency counts 5,381 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (2.8% of all its properties), 3,569 at medium risk (1.9%) and 11,041 at low risk (5.7%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcode districts with postcodes in Cumberland
- CA1 postcode districtAll 674 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA2 postcode districtAll 956 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA3 postcode districtAll 536 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA4 postcode district307 of its 478 postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA5 postcode district343 of its 353 postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA6 postcode districtAll 519 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA7 postcode district1,217 of its 1,227 postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA8 postcode district522 of its 616 postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA12 postcode district442 of its 470 postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA13 postcode districtAll 615 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA14 postcode districtAll 1,308 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA15 postcode districtAll 576 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA18 postcode districtAll 25 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA19 postcode districtAll 68 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA20 postcode districtAll 196 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA21 postcode districtAll 37 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA22 postcode districtAll 268 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA23 postcode districtAll 73 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA24 postcode districtAll 38 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA25 postcode districtAll 228 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA26 postcode districtAll 116 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA27 postcode districtAll 56 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA28 postcode districtAll 969 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- CA95 postcode districtAll 4 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- DG16 postcode district5 of its 148 postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- LA18 postcode districtAll 300 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- LA19 postcode districtAll 71 of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- LA20 postcode district9 of its 88 postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
- TD9 postcode district7 of its 756 postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Cumberland.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Cumberland?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Cumberland covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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