Distington

Distington is covered by postcode district CA14. It is in the Cumberland council area, England.

Typical price £119,975 Homes sold in Distington, last 12 months. ▲ 17% on the year before Gigabit broadband 39 of 70 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 5 of 70 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Distington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Distington, by flood risk Of the 70 postcodes in Distington that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at very low risk only and 65 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Distington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A596A597 CA14 4ED: not on the flood risk listCA14 4HA: not on the flood risk listCA14 4HB: not on the flood risk listCA14 4HS: not on the flood risk listCA14 4HX: not on the flood risk listCA14 4JE: not on the flood risk listCA14 4JH: not on the flood risk listCA14 4JN: not on the flood risk listCA14 4JR: not on the flood risk listCA14 4JT: not on the flood risk listCA14 4JW: not on the flood risk listCA14 4JX: not on the flood risk listCA14 4NY: not on the flood risk listCA14 4PA: not on the flood risk listCA14 4PB: not on the flood risk listCA14 4PD: not on the flood risk listCA14 4PE: not on the flood risk listCA14 4PJ: not on the flood risk listCA14 4PW: not on the flood risk listCA14 5SQ: not on the flood risk listCA14 5SS: not on the flood risk listCA14 5ST: not on the flood risk listCA14 5SU: not on the flood risk listCA14 5SW: not on the flood risk listCA14 5SX: not on the flood risk listCA14 5SY: not on the flood risk listCA14 5SZ: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TA: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TB: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TD: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TE: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TG: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TH: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TN: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TP: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TR: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TS: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TT: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TU: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TW: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TX: not on the flood risk listCA14 5TY: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UA: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UH: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UJ: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UL: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UN: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UP: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UR: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UT: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UU: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UW: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UX: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UY: not on the flood risk listCA14 5UZ: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XA: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XB: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XD: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XG: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XH: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XJ: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XL: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XN: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XP: not on the flood risk listCA14 5XQ: not on the flood risk listCA14 4JP: very low flood risk onlyCA14 4NZ: high flood riskCA14 5SP: high flood riskCA14 5SR: high flood riskCA14 5XW: high flood risk Distington Map of every postcode in Distington, by flood risk Of the 70 postcodes in Distington that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at very low risk only and 65 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Distington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A596 Distington
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 65

Of the 70 postcodes in Distington that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at very low risk only and 65 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.6005, longitude -3.5356. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

CA14 5XW4 at high riskCA14 5SR3 at high riskCA14 5SP2 at high riskCA14 4NZ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Distington?

Homes sold for a typical £119,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 17% on the 12 months before. At 39 of the 70 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 70 postcodes. It has 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Harrington, 2.4 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 Distington?

Homes in Distington sold for a typical £119,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 12 sales, up 17% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£119,975 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£102,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 17% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £101,000 6 sales
  • Terraced 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole CA14 district, Distington's main postcode district: a typical £160,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Distington: 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 Distington?

1 of the 70 postcodes now in use in Distington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 14 homes sold in Distington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA14 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

CA14 4JEsince August 2023

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 DistingtonAcross the CA14 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 12 (0%) 13 of 463 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 14 (0%) 123 of 606 (20%)

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 Distington?

Ofcom reports on 70 of the 70 postcodes in Distington. At 39 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit39 of 70
Postcodes where every home can get superfast65 of 70

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 Distington at risk of flooding?

5 of the 70 postcodes in Distington 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 11 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 70 postcodes High: 10Medium: 1Low: 3Very low: 2

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 Distington?

The open schools at the postcodes in Distington. 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

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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 Distington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Distington is Harrington Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Harrington Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Parton Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Workington Rail Station Railway station 5.2 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 Distington?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Distington. 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 Distington safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 99 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Distington 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. 6 September 2025
  2. 5 October 2025
  3. 12 November 2025
  4. 4 December 2025
  5. 10 January 2026
  6. 7 February 2026
  7. 15 March 2026
  8. 11 April 2026
  9. 7 May 2026
  10. 2 June 2026
  11. 11 July 2026
  12. 9 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences52 reports
Public order10 reports
Other theft9 reports
Criminal damage and arson8 reports
Vehicle crime5 reports
Other crime5 reports
Shoplifting4 reports
Burglary3 reports

Also: anti-social behaviour 2, drugs 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 Distington?

Council
Cumberland
Parliamentary constituency
Whitehaven and Workington
Police force area
Cumbria
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Josh MacAlister (Labour)

All 70 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

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Distington postcodes

70 postcodes in use in Distington, by district:

CA14 postcode district,70 postcodes

That district is in the CA postcode area.

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Places near Distington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Distington's £119,975. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Workington4.0 km, £135,000Seaton, Cumberland6.7 km, £200,000Frizington7.2 km, £98,500Whitehaven7.2 km, £160,375Cleator Moor8.9 km, £135,500Flimby9.9 km, £90,000Great Broughton and Little Broughton10.2 km, £199,500Maryport12.6 km, £140,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Distington

What is it like to live in Distington?
Homes sold for a typical £119,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 17% on the 12 months before. At 39 of the 70 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 70 postcodes. It has 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Harrington, 2.4 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 Distington?
Distington is covered by postcode district CA14, across 70 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Distington in?
Distington is in the Cumberland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Distington?
Distington is in the Whitehaven and Workington parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Josh MacAlister (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Distington?
Homes in Distington sold for a typical £119,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 12 sales, up 17% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Distington?
In Distington, primary schools at its postcodes include Distington Community School and West Cumbria Learning Centre; secondary schools at its postcodes include West Cumbria Learning Centre and Energy Coast UTC. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Distington have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Distington is Harrington, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Distington?
Ofcom reports on 70 of the 70 postcodes in Distington. At 39 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Distington at risk of flooding?
5 of the 70 postcodes in Distington 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 11 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 Distington?
1 of the 70 postcodes now in use in Distington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 14 homes sold in Distington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA14 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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