Kirkby Stephen

Kirkby Stephen is covered by postcode district CA17. It is in the Westmorland and Furness council area, England.

Typical price £260,000 Homes sold in Kirkby Stephen, last 12 months. ▲ 9.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 26 of 91 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 7 of 91 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Kirkby Stephen, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Kirkby Stephen, by flood risk Of the 91 postcodes in Kirkby Stephen that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst and 84 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Kirkby Stephen. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CA17 4AA: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AD: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AE: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AF: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AG: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AH: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AJ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AL: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AQ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AU: not on the flood risk listCA17 4EB: not on the flood risk listCA17 4ED: not on the flood risk listCA17 4EL: not on the flood risk listCA17 4EP: not on the flood risk listCA17 4EZ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4HA: not on the flood risk listCA17 4HD: not on the flood risk listCA17 4HT: not on the flood risk listCA17 4JG: not on the flood risk listCA17 4JN: not on the flood risk listCA17 4LA: not on the flood risk listCA17 4LH: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QA: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QD: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QE: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QF: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QG: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QH: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QJ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QL: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QN: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QP: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QQ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QR: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QS: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QT: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QU: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QW: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QX: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QY: not on the flood risk listCA17 4QZ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RA: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RB: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RD: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RE: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RF: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RG: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RJ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RL: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RN: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RP: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RQ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RR: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RS: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RW: not on the flood risk listCA17 4RY: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SB: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SD: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SE: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SF: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SG: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SH: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SJ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SL: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SN: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SP: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SQ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SR: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SS: not on the flood risk listCA17 4ST: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SU: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SW: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SX: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SY: not on the flood risk listCA17 4SZ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TB: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TD: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TE: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TF: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TG: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TH: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TJ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TL: not on the flood risk listCA17 4TQ: not on the flood risk listCA17 4AB: low flood risk at worstCA17 4RH: low flood risk at worstCA17 4RT: low flood risk at worstCA17 4RX: low flood risk at worstCA17 4RZ: low flood risk at worstCA17 4RU: high flood riskCA17 4SA: high flood risk Kirkby Stephen Map of every postcode in Kirkby Stephen, by flood risk Of the 91 postcodes in Kirkby Stephen that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst and 84 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Kirkby Stephen. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Kirkby Stephen
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 84

Of the 91 postcodes in Kirkby Stephen that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst and 84 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 54.4713, longitude -2.3505. 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.

CA17 4SA7 at high riskCA17 4RU1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Kirkby Stephen?

Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.5% on the 12 months before. At 26 of the 91 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 91 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kirkby Stephen, 2.2 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 Kirkby Stephen?

Homes in Kirkby Stephen sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, up 9.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£260,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£237,475
12 months to August 2026
£260,000

▲ up 9.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£410,000 9 sales
Semi-detached£240,000 11 sales
Terraced£168,750 10 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole CA17 district, Kirkby Stephen's main postcode district: a typical £267,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kirkby Stephen: 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 Kirkby Stephen?

6 of the 91 postcodes now in use in Kirkby Stephen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 38 homes sold in Kirkby Stephen were newly built (21%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA17 district, 10%.

The newest postcodes

CA17 4EZsince April 2024CA17 4JGsince March 2022CA17 4ELsince February 2022CA17 4EPsince December 2021CA17 4EBsince April 2021CA17 4EDsince February 2021

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 Kirkby StephenAcross the CA17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 33 (3%) 1 of 66 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 8 of 38 (21%) 8 of 81 (10%)

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 Kirkby Stephen?

Ofcom reports on 91 of the 91 postcodes in Kirkby Stephen. At 26 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit26 of 91
Postcodes where every home can get superfast84 of 91

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.

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

Is Kirkby Stephen at risk of flooding?

7 of the 91 postcodes in Kirkby Stephen 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 8 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 7 of 91 postcodes High: 8Low: 56

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 Kirkby Stephen?

The open schools at the postcodes in Kirkby Stephen. 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 Kirkby Stephen?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkby Stephen is Kirkby Stephen Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Kirkby Stephen Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Appleby Rail Station Railway station 15.0 kmDrive
  • Garsdale Rail Station Railway station 16.7 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 Kirkby Stephen?

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

Police.uk records 149 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kirkby Stephen 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. 12 September 2025
  2. 11 October 2025
  3. 13 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 13 January 2026
  6. 5 February 2026
  7. 8 March 2026
  8. 13 April 2026
  9. 22 May 2026
  10. 11 June 2026
  11. 19 July 2026
  12. 13 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences73 reports
Public order24 reports
Criminal damage and arson15 reports
Burglary9 reports
Shoplifting7 reports
Other crime5 reports
Anti-social behaviour4 reports
Other theft4 reports

Also: drugs 4, vehicle crime 2, possession of weapons 2.

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 Kirkby Stephen?

Council
Westmorland and Furness
Parliamentary constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Police force area
Cumbria
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

All 91 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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Kirkby Stephen postcodes

91 postcodes in use in Kirkby Stephen, by district:

CA17 postcode district,91 postcodes

That district is in the CA postcode area.

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Places near Kirkby Stephen

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kirkby Stephen's £260,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Appleby-in-Westmorland14.7 km, £243,750Sedbergh20.1 km, £230,000Hawes and Gayle21.2 km, £254,000Shap21.9 km, £192,000Barnard Castle29.1 km, £210,500Kendal30.2 km, £250,500Penrith33.6 km, £212,500Kirkby Lonsdale34.0 km, £250,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Kirkby Stephen

What is it like to live in Kirkby Stephen?
Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.5% on the 12 months before. At 26 of the 91 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 91 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kirkby Stephen, 2.2 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 Kirkby Stephen?
Kirkby Stephen is covered by postcode district CA17, across 91 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Kirkby Stephen in?
Kirkby Stephen is in the Westmorland and Furness council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Kirkby Stephen?
Kirkby Stephen is in the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Kirkby Stephen?
Homes in Kirkby Stephen sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, up 9.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Kirkby Stephen?
In Kirkby Stephen, primary schools at its postcodes include Kirkby Stephen Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Kirkby Stephen Grammar School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Kirkby Stephen have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkby Stephen is Kirkby Stephen, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Kirkby Stephen?
Ofcom reports on 91 of the 91 postcodes in Kirkby Stephen. At 26 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Kirkby Stephen at risk of flooding?
7 of the 91 postcodes in Kirkby Stephen 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 8 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 Kirkby Stephen?
6 of the 91 postcodes now in use in Kirkby Stephen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 38 homes sold in Kirkby Stephen were newly built (21%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA17 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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