Wigton

Wigton is covered by postcode district CA7. It is in the Cumberland council area, England.

Typical price £182,748 Homes sold in Wigton, last 12 months. ▼ 4.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 175 of 202 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 51 of 210 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 231 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wigton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wigton, by flood risk Of the 210 postcodes in Wigton that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 10 are at very low risk only and 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 21 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wigton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A596 CA7 8LQ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AA: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AD: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AJ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AL: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AN: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AQ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AR: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AU: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AY: not on the flood risk listCA7 9AZ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BL: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BN: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BQ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BT: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BU: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BY: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BZ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DA: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DD: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DE: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DG: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DJ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DL: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DN: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DQ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DR: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DT: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9DY: not on the flood risk listCA7 9EB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9EF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9EJ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9EL: not on the flood risk listCA7 9EP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9ER: not on the flood risk listCA7 9ES: not on the flood risk listCA7 9EW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9EX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9EZ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9GQ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9HB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9HH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9HR: not on the flood risk listCA7 9HW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9HZ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JA: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JD: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JE: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JG: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JL: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JN: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JQ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JR: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JU: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JY: not on the flood risk listCA7 9JZ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LE: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LG: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LJ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LL: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LN: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LQ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LR: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LT: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LU: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LY: not on the flood risk listCA7 9LZ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NA: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9ND: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NE: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NG: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NJ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NL: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NU: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9NX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PA: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PD: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PE: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PJ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PT: not on the flood risk listCA7 9PX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QE: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QL: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QN: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QR: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QU: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QY: not on the flood risk listCA7 9QZ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9RB: not on the flood risk listCA7 9RF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9RH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9RJ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9RP: not on the flood risk listCA7 9RX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9RY: not on the flood risk listCA7 9RZ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SF: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SG: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SH: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SJ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SN: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SQ: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SR: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SS: not on the flood risk listCA7 9SW: not on the flood risk listCA7 9XX: not on the flood risk listCA7 9BG: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9BJ: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9HQ: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9NT: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9RA: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9RD: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9RR: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9RU: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9SD: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9SE: very low flood risk onlyCA7 9EG: low flood risk at worstCA7 9EN: low flood risk at worstCA7 9HE: low flood risk at worstCA7 9LA: low flood risk at worstCA7 9PN: low flood risk at worstCA7 9SB: low flood risk at worstCA7 9AG: medium flood risk at worstCA7 9AX: medium flood risk at worstCA7 9ET: medium flood risk at worstCA7 9EY: medium flood risk at worstCA7 9PG: medium flood risk at worstCA7 9BB: high flood riskCA7 9AE: high flood riskCA7 9BA: high flood riskCA7 9BD: high flood riskCA7 9ED: high flood riskCA7 9EE: high flood riskCA7 9GZ: high flood riskCA7 9HD: high flood riskCA7 9HF: high flood riskCA7 9HG: high flood riskCA7 9HJ: high flood riskCA7 9HL: high flood riskCA7 9HN: high flood riskCA7 9HP: high flood riskCA7 9HS: high flood riskCA7 9HT: high flood riskCA7 9HU: high flood riskCA7 9HX: high flood riskCA7 9PQ: high flood riskCA7 9PR: high flood riskCA7 9PU: high flood riskCA7 9PY: high flood riskCA7 9PZ: high flood riskCA7 9QA: high flood riskCA7 9QD: high flood riskCA7 9RE: high flood riskCA7 9RG: high flood riskCA7 9RS: high flood riskCA7 9RT: high flood riskCA7 9SA: high flood risk Wigton 21 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CA7 9BA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk21 postcodes at high or medium risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CA7 9QA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Wigton, by flood risk Of the 210 postcodes in Wigton that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 10 are at very low risk only and 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 21 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wigton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A596 Wigton 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CA7 9QA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 30
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 10
  • Not on the at-risk list: 159
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 210 postcodes in Wigton that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 10 are at very low risk only and 159 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. 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 54.8241, longitude -3.1611. 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

30 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

CA7 9BA46 at high riskCA7 9RE26 at high riskCA7 9QA13 at high riskCA7 9HN10 at high riskCA7 9HL9 at high riskCA7 9PZ9 at high riskCA7 9PQ8 at high riskCA7 9HT7 at high riskCA7 9RS5 at high riskCA7 9AE5 at high riskCA7 9HD4 at high riskCA7 9PR4 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 21 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CA7 9BA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CA7 9QA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Wigton?

Homes sold for a typical £182,748 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. At 175 of the 202 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 231 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 51 of its 210 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wigton, 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 Wigton?

Homes in Wigton sold for a typical £182,748 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£182,748 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£191,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £250,000 21 sales
  • Semi-detached £197,000 25 sales
  • Terraced £119,500 24 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CA7 district, Wigton's main postcode district: a typical £205,195.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wigton: 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 Wigton?

9 of the 210 postcodes now in use in Wigton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 30 of the 122 homes sold in Wigton were newly built (25%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA7 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

CA7 7AXsince November 2025CA7 9SRsince February 2024CA7 9SSsince October 2023CA7 7AWsince February 2023CA7 7AJsince August 2022CA7 9AJsince September 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 WigtonAcross the CA7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 4 of 74 (5%) 15 of 275 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 30 of 122 (25%) 88 of 416 (21%)

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 Wigton?

Ofcom reports on 202 of the 210 postcodes in Wigton. At 175 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit175 of 202
Postcodes where every home can get superfast201 of 202

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 Wigton at risk of flooding?

51 of the 210 postcodes in Wigton 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 231 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 51 of 210 postcodes High: 176Medium: 55Low: 87Very low: 96

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 Wigton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Wigton. 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

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 Wigton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wigton is Wigton Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.

  • Wigton Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
  • Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station Railway station 11.3 kmDrive
  • Aspatria Rail Station Railway station 13.1 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 Wigton?

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

Police.uk records 434 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wigton 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. 33 September 2025
  2. 25 October 2025
  3. 35 November 2025
  4. 47 December 2025
  5. 42 January 2026
  6. 40 February 2026
  7. 25 March 2026
  8. 34 April 2026
  9. 40 May 2026
  10. 42 June 2026
  11. 33 July 2026
  12. 38 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences254 reports
Criminal damage and arson53 reports
Public order36 reports
Anti-social behaviour22 reports
Shoplifting19 reports
Other crime13 reports
Burglary9 reports
Other theft9 reports

Also: drugs 8, possession of weapons 5, vehicle crime 4, theft from the person 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 Wigton?

Council
Cumberland
Parliamentary constituency
Penrith and Solway
Police force area
Cumbria
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour)

All 210 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 Wigton

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Wigton postcodes

210 postcodes in use in Wigton, by district:

CA7 postcode district,210 postcodes

That district is in the CA postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Wigton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wigton's £182,748. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Dalston11.4 km, £190,000Aspatria12.5 km, £147,500Silloth15.2 km, £165,000Carlisle16.2 km, £155,000Eastriggs18.0 kmAnnan19.3 kmGretna20.0 kmCockermouth22.2 km, £265,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Wigton

What is it like to live in Wigton?
Homes sold for a typical £182,748 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. At 175 of the 202 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 231 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 51 of its 210 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wigton, 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 Wigton?
Wigton is covered by postcode district CA7, across 210 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wigton in?
Wigton is in the Cumberland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wigton?
Wigton 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 Wigton?
Homes in Wigton sold for a typical £182,748 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wigton?
In Wigton, primary schools at its postcodes include Thomlinson Junior School, Wigton Nursery and Infant School and St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Nelson Thomlinson School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wigton have a railway station?
Yes: Wigton is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wigton, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wigton?
Ofcom reports on 202 of the 210 postcodes in Wigton. At 175 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wigton at risk of flooding?
51 of the 210 postcodes in Wigton 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 231 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 Wigton?
9 of the 210 postcodes now in use in Wigton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 30 of the 122 homes sold in Wigton were newly built (25%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA7 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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