Penrith
Penrith is covered by postcode districts CA10 and CA11. It is in the Westmorland and Furness council area, England.
Every postcode in Penrith, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 25
- In use before 2020: 691
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 716 postcodes in Penrith that ONS places, 25 are new since 2020 and 691 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 54.6649, longitude -2.7508. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
2 further out, not drawn
These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.
What is it like to live in Penrith?
Homes sold for a typical £212,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 601 of the 671 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 72 of its 716 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Penrith North Lakes, 600 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 Penrith?
Homes in Penrith sold for a typical £212,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 259 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £350,000 43 sales
- Semi-detached £240,000 88 sales
- Terraced £175,000 80 sales
- Flat or maisonette £144,000 48 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CA11 district, Penrith's main postcode district: a typical £235,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Penrith: 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 Penrith?
25 of the 716 postcodes now in use in Penrith came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 23 of the 303 homes sold in Penrith were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA11 district, 16%.
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 Penrith | Across the CA11 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 259 (0%) | 7 of 329 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 23 of 303 (8%) | 69 of 443 (16%) |
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 Penrith?
Ofcom reports on 671 of the 716 postcodes in Penrith. At 601 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Penrith at risk of flooding?
72 of the 716 postcodes in Penrith 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 165 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 Penrith?
The open schools at the postcodes in Penrith. 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
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 Penrith?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Penrith is Penrith North Lakes Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.
- Penrith North Lakes Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Langwathby Rail Station Railway station 6.5 kmDrive
- Lazonby & Kirkoswald Rail Station Railway station 10.0 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 Penrith?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Penrith. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Birbeck Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 01768 214620 1.1 kmWalk
- The Lakes Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report June 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01768 214345 1.1 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Penrith safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,553 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Penrith 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
- 109 September 2025
- 131 October 2025
- 137 November 2025
- 123 December 2025
- 118 January 2026
- 132 February 2026
- 133 March 2026
- 117 April 2026
- 151 May 2026
- 148 June 2026
- 137 July 2026
- 117 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 26, possession of weapons 23, vehicle crime 20, bicycle theft 11, theft from the person 5, robbery 3.
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 Penrith?
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parliamentary constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Police force area
- Cumbria
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour)
All 716 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 Penrith
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Westmorland and Furness about council tax Westmorland and Furness council
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Penrith
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Penrith postcodes
716 postcodes in use in Penrith, by district:
Those districts are all in the CA postcode area.
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Places near Penrith
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Penrith's £212,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Penrith
- What is it like to live in Penrith?
- Homes sold for a typical £212,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 601 of the 671 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 72 of its 716 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Penrith North Lakes, 600 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 Penrith?
- Penrith is covered by postcode districts CA10 and CA11, across 716 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Penrith in?
- Penrith is in the Westmorland and Furness council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Penrith?
- Penrith 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 Penrith?
- Homes in Penrith sold for a typical £212,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 259 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Penrith?
- In Penrith, primary schools at its postcodes include Brunswick School, Beaconside CofE Primary School and St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ullswater Community College and Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Penrith have a railway station?
- Yes: Penrith North Lakes is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Penrith, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Penrith?
- Ofcom reports on 671 of the 716 postcodes in Penrith. At 601 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Penrith at risk of flooding?
- 72 of the 716 postcodes in Penrith 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 165 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 Penrith?
- 25 of the 716 postcodes now in use in Penrith came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 23 of the 303 homes sold in Penrith were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA11 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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