Whitehaven
Whitehaven is covered by postcode district CA28. It is in the Cumberland council area, England.
Every postcode in Whitehaven, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 20
- In use before 2020: 787
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 807 postcodes in Whitehaven that ONS places, 20 are new since 2020 and 787 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 54.5412, longitude -3.5800. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CA28 9BU, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Whitehaven?
Homes sold for a typical £160,375 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 632 of the 758 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 800 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 119 of its 807 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Corkickle, 150 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 Whitehaven?
Homes in Whitehaven sold for a typical £160,375 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 346 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £287,500 62 sales
- Semi-detached £168,000 161 sales
- Terraced £125,250 108 sales
- Flat or maisonette £90,000 15 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CA28 district, Whitehaven's main postcode district: a typical £160,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Whitehaven: 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 Whitehaven?
20 of the 807 postcodes now in use in Whitehaven came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 413 homes sold in Whitehaven were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA28 district, 12%.
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 Whitehaven | Across the CA28 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 346 (Under 1%) | 7 of 399 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 16 of 413 (4%) | 63 of 515 (12%) |
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 Whitehaven?
Ofcom reports on 758 of the 807 postcodes in Whitehaven. At 632 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 Whitehaven at risk of flooding?
119 of the 807 postcodes in Whitehaven 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 800 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 Whitehaven?
The open schools at the postcodes in Whitehaven (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- St Begh's Catholic Junior School300 m 240 pupils, 300 places
- St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School450 m 189 pupils, 360 places
- Jericho Primary School750 m 363 pupils, 420 places
- Monkwray Junior School750 m 109 pupils, 140 places
- Hensingham Primary School1.1 km 120 pupils, 210 places
- St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School1.1 km 133 pupils, 150 places
- St James' CofE Junior School1.1 km 156 pupils, 180 places
- Kells Infant School1.3 km 130 pupils, 160 places
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 Whitehaven?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whitehaven is Corkickle Rail Station, 150 m away in a straight line.
- Corkickle Rail Station Railway station 150 mWalk
- Whitehaven Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
- Parton Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
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 Whitehaven?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Whitehaven. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Lowther Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2026 · Phone 01946 692241 600 mWalk
- Mansion House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2025 · Phone 01946 693660 750 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Whitehaven safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,957 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Whitehaven 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
- 145 September 2025
- 178 October 2025
- 159 November 2025
- 174 December 2025
- 157 January 2026
- 160 February 2026
- 136 March 2026
- 191 April 2026
- 151 May 2026
- 169 June 2026
- 164 July 2026
- 173 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 37, possession of weapons 28, vehicle crime 27, robbery 6, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 5.
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 Whitehaven?
- Council
- Cumberland
- Parliamentary constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Police force area
- Cumbria
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Josh MacAlister (Labour)
All 807 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 Whitehaven
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Cumberland about council tax Cumberland council
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Whitehaven
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Whitehaven postcodes
807 postcodes in use in Whitehaven, by district:
That district is in the CA postcode area.
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Places near Whitehaven
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Whitehaven's £160,375. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Whitehaven
- What is it like to live in Whitehaven?
- Homes sold for a typical £160,375 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 632 of the 758 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 800 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 119 of its 807 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Corkickle, 150 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 Whitehaven?
- Whitehaven is covered by postcode district CA28, across 807 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Whitehaven in?
- Whitehaven is in the Cumberland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Whitehaven?
- Whitehaven 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 Whitehaven?
- Homes in Whitehaven sold for a typical £160,375 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 346 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Whitehaven?
- In Whitehaven, primary schools at its postcodes include St Begh's Catholic Junior School, St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School and Jericho Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Whitehaven Academy, Mayfield School and St Benedict's Catholic High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Whitehaven have a railway station?
- Yes: Corkickle is 150 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Whitehaven, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Whitehaven?
- Ofcom reports on 758 of the 807 postcodes in Whitehaven. At 632 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Whitehaven at risk of flooding?
- 119 of the 807 postcodes in Whitehaven 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 800 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 Whitehaven?
- 20 of the 807 postcodes now in use in Whitehaven came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 413 homes sold in Whitehaven were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA28 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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