Shap

Shap is covered by postcode district CA10. It is in the Westmorland and Furness council area, England.

Typical price £192,000 Homes sold in Shap, last 12 months. ▼ 4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 48 of 60 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2 of 61 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Shap, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shap, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Shap that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 59 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shap. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M6A6 CA10 2WZ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3BN: not on the flood risk listCA10 3JF: not on the flood risk listCA10 3JS: not on the flood risk listCA10 3JT: not on the flood risk listCA10 3JU: not on the flood risk listCA10 3JZ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LA: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LB: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LD: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LE: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LF: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LJ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LP: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LR: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LS: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LT: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LU: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LW: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LX: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LY: not on the flood risk listCA10 3LZ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NA: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NF: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NG: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NH: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NJ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NN: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NP: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NQ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NR: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NS: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NT: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NU: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NW: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NX: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NY: not on the flood risk listCA10 3NZ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PA: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PB: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PD: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PE: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PF: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PG: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PH: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PJ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PL: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PN: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PP: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PQ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PR: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PS: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PT: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PU: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PW: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PX: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PZ: not on the flood risk listCA10 3QA: not on the flood risk listCA10 3PY: low flood risk at worstCA10 3QJ: high flood risk Shap Map of every postcode in Shap, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Shap that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 59 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shap. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M6 Shap
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 59

Of the 61 postcodes in Shap that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 59 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.5270, longitude -2.6751. 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.

CA10 3QJ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Shap?

Homes sold for a typical £192,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4% on the 12 months before. At 48 of the 60 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 61 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Appleby, 13.5 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 Shap?

Homes in Shap sold for a typical £192,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, down 4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£192,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£200,000
12 months to August 2026
£192,000

▼ down 4% on the 12 months before

Detached 4 sales, too few to price
Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
Terraced£155,000 5 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole CA10 district, Shap's main postcode district: a typical £287,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shap: 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 Shap?

None of the 61 postcodes now in use in Shap came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 21 homes sold in Shap were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA10 district, 14%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ShapAcross the CA10 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 15 (0%) 4 of 159 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 21 (0%) 33 of 239 (14%)

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 Shap?

Ofcom reports on 60 of the 61 postcodes in Shap. At 48 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit48 of 60
Postcodes where every home can get superfast55 of 60

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 Shap at risk of flooding?

2 of the 61 postcodes in Shap 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 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 61 postcodes High: 1Low: 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 Shap?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Shap. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

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 Shap?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shap is Appleby Rail Station, 13.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Appleby Rail Station Railway station 13.5 kmDrive
  • Penrith North Lakes Rail Station Railway station 15.9 kmDrive
  • Langwathby Rail Station Railway station 18.6 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 Shap?

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

Police.uk records 25 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shap 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. 2 September 2025
  2. 2 October 2025
  3. 3 November 2025
  4. 1 December 2025
  5. 4 January 2026
  6. 2 February 2026
  7. 1 March 2026
  8. 4 April 2026
  9. 2 May 2026
  10. 1 June 2026
  11. 1 July 2026
  12. 2 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences9 reports
Criminal damage and arson3 reports
Other theft3 reports
Drugs3 reports
Burglary2 reports
Vehicle crime2 reports
Public order1 report
Possession of weapons1 report

Also: other crime 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 Shap?

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

All 61 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 Shap

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

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Shap postcodes

61 postcodes in use in Shap, by district:

CA10 postcode district,61 postcodes

That district is in the CA postcode area.

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Places near Shap

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shap's £192,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Appleby-in-Westmorland13.3 km, £243,750Penrith16.1 km, £212,500Ambleside21.5 km, £402,500Kirkby Stephen21.9 km, £260,000Windermere22.4 km, £330,000Kendal22.9 km, £250,500Bowness-on-Windermere23.9 km, £365,000Sedbergh24.6 km, £230,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Shap

What is it like to live in Shap?
Homes sold for a typical £192,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4% on the 12 months before. At 48 of the 60 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 61 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Appleby, 13.5 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 Shap?
Shap is covered by postcode district CA10, across 61 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Shap in?
Shap is in the Westmorland and Furness council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Shap?
Shap 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 Shap?
Homes in Shap sold for a typical £192,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, down 4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Shap?
In Shap, primary schools at its postcodes include Shap Endowed CofE Primary School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Shap have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shap is Appleby, 13.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Shap?
Ofcom reports on 60 of the 61 postcodes in Shap. At 48 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Shap at risk of flooding?
2 of the 61 postcodes in Shap 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 home or business 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 Shap?
None of the 61 postcodes now in use in Shap came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 21 homes sold in Shap were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA10 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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