Cockermouth

Cockermouth is covered by postcode district CA13. It is in the Cumberland council area, England.

Typical price £265,000 Homes sold in Cockermouth, last 12 months. ▲ 6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 291 of 346 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 96 of 357 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 786 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Cockermouth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cockermouth, by flood risk Of the 357 postcodes in Cockermouth that ONS places, 34 have a home or business at high risk, 42 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 261 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 63 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Cockermouth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A66A595 CA13 0AA: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AB: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AD: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AE: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AF: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AG: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AH: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AN: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AP: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AR: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AS: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AT: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AU: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AW: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AX: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AY: not on the flood risk listCA13 0AZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BA: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BB: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BE: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BF: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BG: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BH: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BL: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BN: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BP: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BS: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BT: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BU: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BW: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BX: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BY: not on the flood risk listCA13 0BZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DA: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DB: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DF: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DG: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DH: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DL: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DN: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DP: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DR: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DT: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DU: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DX: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DY: not on the flood risk listCA13 0DZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0EB: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ED: not on the flood risk listCA13 0EE: not on the flood risk listCA13 0EN: not on the flood risk listCA13 0EP: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ER: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ES: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ET: not on the flood risk listCA13 0EU: not on the flood risk listCA13 0EW: not on the flood risk listCA13 0EY: not on the flood risk listCA13 0EZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0FA: not on the flood risk listCA13 0GS: not on the flood risk listCA13 0GU: not on the flood risk listCA13 0GW: not on the flood risk listCA13 0HA: not on the flood risk listCA13 0HB: not on the flood risk listCA13 0HE: not on the flood risk listCA13 0HQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0JP: not on the flood risk listCA13 0JR: not on the flood risk listCA13 0JT: not on the flood risk listCA13 0JU: not on the flood risk listCA13 0JW: not on the flood risk listCA13 0JX: not on the flood risk listCA13 0JY: not on the flood risk listCA13 0JZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0LA: not on the flood risk listCA13 0LB: not on the flood risk listCA13 0NJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0NL: not on the flood risk listCA13 0NU: not on the flood risk listCA13 0QN: not on the flood risk listCA13 0QQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0QR: not on the flood risk listCA13 0QT: not on the flood risk listCA13 0RJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0WW: not on the flood risk listCA13 0WX: not on the flood risk listCA13 0XE: not on the flood risk listCA13 0XJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ZH: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ZJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ZL: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ZN: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ZP: not on the flood risk listCA13 0ZQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AA: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AB: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AD: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AE: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AF: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AG: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AL: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AP: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AR: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AS: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AT: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AU: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AX: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AY: not on the flood risk listCA13 9AZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BA: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BB: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BD: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BE: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BF: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BG: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BL: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BP: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BS: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BT: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BU: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BX: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BY: not on the flood risk listCA13 9BZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DA: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DB: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DD: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DE: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DF: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DG: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DL: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DP: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DR: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DS: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DT: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DX: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DY: not on the flood risk listCA13 9DZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EA: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EB: not on the flood risk listCA13 9ED: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EE: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EF: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EG: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EL: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EP: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9ER: not on the flood risk listCA13 9ES: not on the flood risk listCA13 9ET: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9EX: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FB: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FD: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FE: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FP: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FR: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FT: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FX: not on the flood risk listCA13 9FY: not on the flood risk listCA13 9GJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9GN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9GW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HA: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HB: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HD: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HF: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HG: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HL: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HP: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HR: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HS: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HT: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HU: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HY: not on the flood risk listCA13 9HZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JA: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JB: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JD: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JE: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JF: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JG: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JJ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JP: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JR: not on the flood risk listCA13 9JW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9LL: not on the flood risk listCA13 9LW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9NS: not on the flood risk listCA13 9NT: not on the flood risk listCA13 9NU: not on the flood risk listCA13 9NX: not on the flood risk listCA13 9NY: not on the flood risk listCA13 9NZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PA: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PG: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PL: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PP: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PS: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PW: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PX: not on the flood risk listCA13 9PZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9QN: not on the flood risk listCA13 9RH: not on the flood risk listCA13 9RS: not on the flood risk listCA13 9RU: not on the flood risk listCA13 9XD: not on the flood risk listCA13 9XE: not on the flood risk listCA13 9XF: not on the flood risk listCA13 9XQ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9XT: not on the flood risk listCA13 9XZ: not on the flood risk listCA13 9ZB: not on the flood risk listCA13 9ZD: not on the flood risk listCA13 0HT: low flood risk at worstCA13 0HY: low flood risk at worstCA13 0JN: low flood risk at worstCA13 0NH: low flood risk at worstCA13 0ZE: low flood risk at worstCA13 0ZF: low flood risk at worstCA13 0ZG: low flood risk at worstCA13 9EU: low flood risk at worstCA13 9GX: low flood risk at worstCA13 9GZ: low flood risk at worstCA13 9JX: low flood risk at worstCA13 9QL: low flood risk at worstCA13 9QP: low flood risk at worstCA13 9QQ: low flood risk at worstCA13 9QR: low flood risk at worstCA13 9RB: low flood risk at worstCA13 9RL: low flood risk at worstCA13 9RN: low flood risk at worstCA13 9RQ: low flood risk at worstCA13 0EG: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0EH: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0EJ: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0HH: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0HP: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0HR: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0JF: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0JJ: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0JQ: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9FF: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9FL: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9GY: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9JS: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9LE: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9LH: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9LN: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9LQ: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9LS: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9LU: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9LX: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9LZ: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9NA: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9NB: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9NP: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9PD: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9QS: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9QW: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9QU: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9QX: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9QZ: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RA: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RD: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RE: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RF: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RG: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RJ: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RR: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RT: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9RX: medium flood risk at worstCA13 9XB: medium flood risk at worstCA13 0DS: high flood riskCA13 0EX: high flood riskCA13 0HG: high flood riskCA13 0HS: high flood riskCA13 0HW: high flood riskCA13 0JA: high flood riskCA13 0JB: high flood riskCA13 0JD: high flood riskCA13 0JE: high flood riskCA13 0JG: high flood riskCA13 0JH: high flood riskCA13 0LQ: high flood riskCA13 9DU: high flood riskCA13 9HX: high flood riskCA13 9JL: high flood riskCA13 9JQ: high flood riskCA13 9LT: high flood riskCA13 9ND: high flood riskCA13 9NE: high flood riskCA13 9NF: high flood riskCA13 9NG: high flood riskCA13 9NH: high flood riskCA13 9NJ: high flood riskCA13 9NN: high flood riskCA13 9NQ: high flood riskCA13 9NR: high flood riskCA13 9NW: high flood riskCA13 9PB: high flood riskCA13 9PE: high flood riskCA13 9PF: high flood riskCA13 9PJ: high flood riskCA13 9PN: high flood riskCA13 9SF: high flood riskCA13 9XR: high flood risk Cockermouth 63 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CA13 0HG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk63 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Cockermouth, by flood risk Of the 357 postcodes in Cockermouth that ONS places, 34 have a home or business at high risk, 42 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 261 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 63 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Cockermouth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A595 Cockermouth 63 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CA13 0HG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk63 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 34
  • At medium risk at worst: 42
  • At low risk at worst: 20
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 261
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 357 postcodes in Cockermouth that ONS places, 34 have a home or business at high risk, 42 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 261 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 54.6618, longitude -3.3634. 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

34 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.

CA13 0HG40 at high riskCA13 0JB32 at high riskCA13 9NG24 at high riskCA13 9NH16 at high riskCA13 9HX14 at high riskCA13 9NF13 at high riskCA13 0HS10 at high riskCA13 0JE7 at high riskCA13 0HW4 at high riskCA13 9LT4 at high riskCA13 0JD4 at high riskCA13 9JQ4 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 63 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CA13 0HG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Cockermouth?

Homes sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6% on the 12 months before. At 291 of the 346 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 786 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 96 of its 357 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Maryport, 10.0 km 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 Cockermouth?

Homes in Cockermouth sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 130 sales, up 6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£265,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£250,000
12 months to August 2026
£265,000

▲ up 6% on the 12 months before

Detached£350,500 38 sales
Semi-detached£278,000 41 sales
Terraced£171,000 36 sales
Flat or maisonette£120,000 15 sales

Across the whole CA13 district, Cockermouth's main postcode district: a typical £270,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cockermouth: 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 Cockermouth?

21 of the 357 postcodes now in use in Cockermouth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 186 homes sold in Cockermouth were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA13 district, 3%.

The newest postcodes

CA13 9GNsince June 2026CA13 3BAsince October 2024CA13 9FTsince December 2023CA13 0ZQsince October 2023CA13 3BPsince May 2023CA13 9FYsince October 2022

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

PeriodIn CockermouthAcross the CA13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 130 (0%) 0 of 209 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 186 (2%) 8 of 273 (3%)

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 Cockermouth?

Ofcom reports on 346 of the 357 postcodes in Cockermouth. At 291 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit291 of 346
Postcodes where every home can get superfast336 of 346

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Cockermouth at risk of flooding?

96 of the 357 postcodes in Cockermouth 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 786 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 96 of 357 postcodes High: 216Medium: 570Low: 412Very low: 11

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 Cockermouth?

The open schools at the postcodes in Cockermouth. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Cockermouth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cockermouth is Maryport Rail Station, 10.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Maryport Rail Station Railway station 10.0 kmDrive
  • Flimby Rail Station Railway station 10.6 kmDrive
  • Aspatria Rail Station Railway station 11.0 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 Cockermouth?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Cockermouth. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Cockermouth safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 433 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cockermouth 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

  1. 37 September 2025
  2. 44 October 2025
  3. 37 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 32 January 2026
  6. 17 February 2026
  7. 34 March 2026
  8. 51 April 2026
  9. 34 May 2026
  10. 45 June 2026
  11. 40 July 2026
  12. 36 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences216 reports
Public order53 reports
Criminal damage and arson45 reports
Other theft24 reports
Anti-social behaviour23 reports
Shoplifting21 reports
Vehicle crime14 reports
Burglary12 reports

Also: drugs 12, other crime 9, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Cockermouth?

Council
Cumberland
Parliamentary constituency
Penrith and Solway
Police force area
Cumbria
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour)

All 357 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Cockermouth

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Cockermouth postcodes

357 postcodes in use in Cockermouth, by district:

CA13 postcode district,357 postcodes

That district is in the CA postcode area.

Check a Cockermouth 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 Cockermouth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cockermouth's £265,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Great Broughton and Little Broughton4.6 km, £199,500Maryport9.9 km, £140,000Flimby10.3 km, £90,000Seaton, Cumberland10.5 km, £200,000Aspatria11.7 km, £147,500Workington12.5 km, £135,000Distington13.0 km, £119,975Frizington15.8 km, £98,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Cockermouth

What is it like to live in Cockermouth?
Homes sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6% on the 12 months before. At 291 of the 346 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 786 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 96 of its 357 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Maryport, 10.0 km 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 Cockermouth?
Cockermouth is covered by postcode district CA13, across 357 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cockermouth in?
Cockermouth is in the Cumberland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Cockermouth?
Cockermouth is in the Penrith and Solway parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Cockermouth?
Homes in Cockermouth sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 130 sales, up 6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cockermouth?
In Cockermouth, primary schools at its postcodes include Fairfield Primary School and All Saints' CofE School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Cockermouth School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cockermouth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cockermouth is Maryport, 10.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cockermouth?
Ofcom reports on 346 of the 357 postcodes in Cockermouth. At 291 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cockermouth at risk of flooding?
96 of the 357 postcodes in Cockermouth 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 786 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 Cockermouth?
21 of the 357 postcodes now in use in Cockermouth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 186 homes sold in Cockermouth were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA13 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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