Workington
Workington is covered by postcode districts CA14 and CA95. It is in the Cumberland council area, England.
Every postcode in Workington, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 10
- In use before 2020: 805
Of the 815 postcodes in Workington that ONS places, 10 are new since 2020 and 805 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. 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 54.6353, longitude -3.5528. 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
What is it like to live in Workington?
Homes sold for a typical £135,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.5% on the 12 months before. At 647 of the 766 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 142 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 35 of its 815 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Workington, 1.2 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 Workington?
Homes in Workington sold for a typical £135,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 257 sales, up 12.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £269,950 33 sales
- Semi-detached £157,500 78 sales
- Terraced £109,000 136 sales
- Flat or maisonette £82,000 10 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CA14 district, Workington's main postcode district: a typical £160,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Workington: 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 Workington?
10 of the 815 postcodes now in use in Workington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 295 homes sold in Workington were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA14 district, 20%.
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 Workington | Across the CA14 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 257 (1%) | 13 of 463 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 17 of 295 (6%) | 123 of 606 (20%) |
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 Workington?
Ofcom reports on 766 of the 815 postcodes in Workington. At 647 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Workington at risk of flooding?
35 of the 815 postcodes in Workington 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 142 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 Workington?
The open schools at the postcodes in Workington (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
- Victoria Infant and Nursery School200 m 251 pupils, 320 places
- Victoria Junior School350 m 311 pupils, 330 places
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington600 m 183 pupils, 202 places
- Westfield Nursery and Primary School850 m 160 pupils, 180 places
- Ashfield Infant & Nursery School900 m 200 pupils, 201 places
- Ashfield Junior School1.0 km 254 pupils, 256 places
- St Michael's Nursery and Infant School1.1 km 117 pupils, 136 places
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School1.2 km 199 pupils, 210 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 Workington?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Workington is Workington Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Workington Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
- Harrington Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
- Flimby Rail Station Railway station 6.4 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 Workington?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Workington. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- James Street Group Pract Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2025 · Phone 01900 62241 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 Workington safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,694 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Workington 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
- 210 September 2025
- 247 October 2025
- 190 November 2025
- 238 December 2025
- 242 January 2026
- 182 February 2026
- 223 March 2026
- 210 April 2026
- 223 May 2026
- 232 June 2026
- 229 July 2026
- 268 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 62, other crime 61, possession of weapons 17, robbery 10, theft from the person 8, bicycle theft 7.
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 Workington?
- Council
- Cumberland
- Parliamentary constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Police force area
- Cumbria
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Josh MacAlister (Labour)
All 815 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 Workington
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 Workington
- 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
Workington postcodes
815 postcodes in use in Workington, by district:
Those districts are all in the CA postcode area.
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Places near Workington
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Workington's £135,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Workington
- What is it like to live in Workington?
- Homes sold for a typical £135,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.5% on the 12 months before. At 647 of the 766 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 142 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 35 of its 815 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Workington, 1.2 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 Workington?
- Workington is covered by postcode districts CA14 and CA95, across 815 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Workington in?
- Workington is in the Cumberland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Workington?
- Workington 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 Workington?
- Homes in Workington sold for a typical £135,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 257 sales, up 12.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Workington?
- In Workington, primary schools at its postcodes include Victoria Infant and Nursery School, Victoria Junior School and St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington and Workington Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Workington have a railway station?
- Yes: Workington is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Workington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Workington?
- Ofcom reports on 766 of the 815 postcodes in Workington. At 647 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Workington at risk of flooding?
- 35 of the 815 postcodes in Workington 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 142 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 Workington?
- 10 of the 815 postcodes now in use in Workington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 295 homes sold in Workington were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CA14 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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