Carlisle
Carlisle is covered by postcode districts CA1, CA2, CA3 and CA6. It is in the Cumberland council area, England.
Every postcode in Carlisle, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 81
- At medium risk at worst: 48
- At low risk at worst: 271
- At very low risk only: 6
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,674
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 2,080 postcodes in Carlisle that ONS places, 81 have a home or business at high risk, 48 are at medium risk at worst, 271 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 1,674 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.8911, longitude -2.9365. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
81 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 81 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CA2 5XB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Carlisle?
Homes sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.3% on the 12 months before. At 1,704 of the 2,021 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,142 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 406 of its 2,080 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Carlisle, 200 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Carlisle?
Homes in Carlisle sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,128 sales, up 3.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £150,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £155,000
▲ up 3.3% on the 12 months before
Across the whole CA2 district, Carlisle's main postcode district: a typical £146,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Carlisle: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Carlisle?
61 of the 2,080 postcodes now in use in Carlisle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 55 of the 1,339 homes sold in Carlisle were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA2 district, 7%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Carlisle | Across the CA2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 1,128 (Under 1%) | 2 of 566 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 55 of 1,339 (4%) | 46 of 682 (7%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Carlisle?
Ofcom reports on 2,021 of the 2,080 postcodes in Carlisle. At 1,704 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 5 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Carlisle at risk of flooding?
406 of the 2,080 postcodes in Carlisle have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,142 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium 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, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and 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
Which schools are in Carlisle?
The open schools at the postcodes in Carlisle (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Robert Ferguson Primary School750 m 409 pupils, 420 places
- Brook Street Primary School900 m 228 pupils, 270 places
- Caldew Lea School1.0 km 273 pupils, 300 places
- Norman Street Primary School1.1 km 322 pupils, 350 places
- The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided)1.3 km 139 pupils, 240 places
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School1.5 km 213 pupils, 240 places
- Stanwix School1.6 km 367 pupils, 436 places
- St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle1.8 km 217 pupils, 238 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Carlisle?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Carlisle is Carlisle Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.
- Carlisle Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
- Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
- Wetheral Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Carlisle?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Carlisle, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Spencer St Surgery550 m
- Carlisle Central Practice600 m
- Warwick Square Group Practice650 m
- Eden Medical Group1.1 km
- Carlisle Healthcare2.2 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Carlisle safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,413 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Carlisle over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 387 September 2025
- 366 October 2025
- 379 November 2025
- 383 December 2025
- 399 January 2026
- 411 February 2026
- 512 March 2026
- 538 April 2026
- 566 May 2026
- 462 June 2026
- 535 July 2026
- 475 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 119, vehicle crime 93, bicycle theft 86, possession of weapons 86, robbery 43, theft from the person 41.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Carlisle?
- Council
- Cumberland
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Carlisle (2,036) and Penrith and Solway (44)
- Police force area
- Cumbria
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Carlisle
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Cumberland about council tax Cumberland council
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Carlisle
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Carlisle postcodes
2,080 postcodes in use in Carlisle, by district:
Those districts are all in the CA postcode area.
Check a Carlisle postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Carlisle
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Carlisle's £155,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Carlisle
- What is it like to live in Carlisle?
- Homes sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.3% on the 12 months before. At 1,704 of the 2,021 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,142 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 406 of its 2,080 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Carlisle, 200 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Carlisle?
- Carlisle is covered by postcode districts CA1, CA2, CA3 and CA6, across 2,080 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Carlisle in?
- Carlisle is in the Cumberland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Carlisle?
- Homes in Carlisle sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,128 sales, up 3.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Carlisle?
- In Carlisle, primary schools at its postcodes include Robert Ferguson Primary School, Brook Street Primary School and Caldew Lea School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Progress Schools - Carlisle, Trinity School and Richard Rose Central Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Carlisle have a railway station?
- Yes: Carlisle is 200 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Carlisle, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Carlisle?
- Ofcom reports on 2,021 of the 2,080 postcodes in Carlisle. At 1,704 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 5 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Carlisle at risk of flooding?
- 406 of the 2,080 postcodes in Carlisle have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,142 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Carlisle?
- 61 of the 2,080 postcodes now in use in Carlisle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 55 of the 1,339 homes sold in Carlisle were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA2 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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