Westmorland and Furness Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Westmorland and Furness Council is the one council for Westmorland and Furness: there is no county council above it, so it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 9,547 postcodes in use in Westmorland and Furness, in 28 postcode districts across 3 postcode areas.

82% of homes and businesses in Westmorland and Furness can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 7,435 homes and businesses in Westmorland and Furness in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
2
Postcodes in use
9,547
Postcode districts
28
Towns and villages
18

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Westmorland and Furness Council

westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Westmorland and Furness 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.

Housing

Schools

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Westmorland and Furness Council. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Westmorland and Furness?

Across Westmorland and Furness, 82% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 82% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre82% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)82% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)96% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

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 Westmorland and Furness?

Band D for 2026‑27: £2,508 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.

BandA year
Band A£1,672
Band B£1,951
Band C£2,229
Band D£2,508
Band E£3,065
Band F£3,623
Band G£4,180
Band H£5,016

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.UK

Source: 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 Westmorland and Furness are at risk of flooding?

Across Westmorland and Furness, the Environment Agency puts 7,435 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,848 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1,848 postcodes High: 4,727Medium: 2,708Low: 7,344Very low: 2,202

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 Westmorland and Furness the Environment Agency counts 4,002 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (2.2% of all its properties), 3,303 at medium risk (1.8%) and 11,388 at low risk (6.3%). 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 Westmorland and Furness

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

CA postcode area: Carlisle, postcodes in use here:2,700 of 12,890DL postcode area: Darlington, postcodes in use here:1 of 13,555LA postcode area: Lancaster, postcodes in use here:6,846 of 11,945

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Westmorland and Furness.

Towns and villages

Barrow-in-FurnessKendalPenrithUlverstonDalton-in-FurnessWindermereGrange-over-SandsAmblesideBowness-on-WindermereAppleby-in-WestmorlandAskam in FurnessArnsideKirkby StephenKirkby LonsdaleSedberghMilnthorpeAlstonShap

Is an address in Westmorland and Furness?

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What Westmorland and Furness 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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