CA26 3SS postcode in Frizington, Cumberland

CA26 3SS is a postcode in Frizington, in the Cleator Moor East and Frizington ward of Cumberland. It is in the Whitehaven and Workington parliamentary constituency and the Cumbria police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses can get it. Cumberland: 85% Typical price £133,250 Homes sold in CA26 3, last 12 months. ▲ 7.8% on the year before Nearest station Corkickle 5.6 km in a straight line

Where CA26 3SS is, and what is near it

Map of CA26 3SS and what is near it Map of CA26 3SS: its centre point, with the 115 other postcodes in the CA26 3 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 4 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. CA26 3AL: also in CA26 3CA26 3AS: also in CA26 3CA26 3AT: also in CA26 3CA26 3PA: also in CA26 3CA26 3PN: also in CA26 3CA26 3PU: also in CA26 3CA26 3PW: also in CA26 3CA26 3PX: also in CA26 3CA26 3PY: also in CA26 3CA26 3PZ: also in CA26 3CA26 3QA: also in CA26 3CA26 3QD: also in CA26 3CA26 3QF: also in CA26 3CA26 3QG: also in CA26 3CA26 3QH: also in CA26 3CA26 3QJ: also in CA26 3CA26 3QL: also in CA26 3CA26 3QN: also in CA26 3CA26 3QQ: also in CA26 3CA26 3QU: also in CA26 3CA26 3QW: also in CA26 3CA26 3QX: also in CA26 3CA26 3QZ: also in CA26 3CA26 3RD: also in CA26 3CA26 3RE: also in CA26 3CA26 3RU: also in CA26 3CA26 3RW: also in CA26 3CA26 3SA: also in CA26 3CA26 3SB: also in CA26 3CA26 3SD: also in CA26 3CA26 3SE: also in CA26 3CA26 3SF: also in CA26 3CA26 3SG: also in CA26 3CA26 3SH: also in CA26 3CA26 3SJ: also in CA26 3CA26 3SN: also in CA26 3CA26 3SP: also in CA26 3CA26 3SQ: also in CA26 3CA26 3SR: also in CA26 3CA26 3ST: also in CA26 3CA26 3SU: also in CA26 3CA26 3TB: also in CA26 3CA26 3TD: also in CA26 3CA26 3TH: also in CA26 3CA26 3TJ: also in CA26 3CA26 3TL: also in CA26 3CA26 3TN: also in CA26 3 2 places, 4.0–5.6 km3 places, 4.1–6.0 kmWhitehaven station 6.1 kmGP 6.5 kmFrizington CA26 3SS Map of CA26 3SS and what is near it Map of CA26 3SS: its centre point, with the 115 other postcodes in the CA26 3 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 4 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. Whitehaven station 6.1 kmGP 6.5 kmCleator Moor East and Frizington CA26 3SS
  • CA26 3SS
  • Other postcodes in CA26 3: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 4 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 54.5384, longitude -3.4962)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after CA26 3SS?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at CA26 3SS?

Every home and business at CA26 3SS can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, but none can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)0% can get it

Cumberland: 85%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Cumberland: 97%

The line marks the figure across Cumberland.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at CA26 3SS?

BinDayBuddy has not read Cumberland Council's days for CA26 3SS today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for CA26 3SS on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is CA26 3SS at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include CA26 3SS.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Cumberland

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for CA26 3SS: 5,381 properties in Cumberland are at high risk (2.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Cumberland

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of CA26 3SS is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near CA26 3SS?

Homes in CA26 3 sold for a typical £133,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 56 sales, up 7.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£133,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£123,650 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 7.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £330,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £133,500 11 sales
  • Terraced £93,500 26 sales

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

Across the whole CA26 district: a typical £133,250 from 56 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in CA26 3SS

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in CA26 3SS from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at CA26 3SS

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at CA26 3SS. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near CA26 3SS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 710 homes in the neighbourhood around CA26 3SS. The largest share of them, 41%, are in council tax band A. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (35%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around CA26 3SS

Band D in Cumberland for 2026‑27: £2,511. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,674 (band A) to £3,627 (band F); band A, the most common, is £1,674.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 290 (41%)£1,674
Band Babout 80 (11%)£1,953
Band Cabout 110 (15%)£2,232
Band Dabout 140 (20%)£2,511
Band Eabout 70 (10%)£3,069
Band Fabout 20 (3%)£3,627
Band Gwithheld£4,186
Band Hfewer than 5£5,023

When the homes were built

  1. 35% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 1% 1919 to 1939
  4. 3% 1945 to 1964
  5. 7% 1965 to 1982
  6. 25% 1983 to 1999
  7. 14% 2000 to 2009
  8. 4% 2010 to 2019
  9. 9% 2020 or later

Averages for Cumberland before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of CA26 3SS is in (ONS area E01019278), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near CA26 3SS?

The nearest open schools to CA26 3SS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near CA26 3SS, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to CA26 3SS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of CA26 3SS is Corkickle Rail Station, 5.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Corkickle Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
  • Whitehaven Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

4 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Freemasons Hall, 106 m away.

More stations near CA26 3SS, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near CA26 3SS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of CA26 3SS, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near CA26 3SS?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of CA26 3SS on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

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Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near CA26 3SS?

The nearest to the centre of CA26 3SS, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to CA26 3SS?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near CA26 3SS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of CA26 3SS, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near CA26 3SS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of CA26 3SS, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near CA26 3SS?

The nearest vets to the centre of CA26 3SS on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is CA26 3SS in a conservation area?

The centre of CA26 3SS is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near CA26 3SS?

Police.uk records 13 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of CA26 3SS in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences8 reports
Public order2 reports
Criminal damage and arson2 reports
Other crime1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for CA26 3SS

Ward
Cleator Moor East and Frizington
Parish
Arlecdon and Frizington
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Frizington
Rural or urban
Larger rural, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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CA26 3ST30 mCA26 3SR80 mCA26 3SP90 mCA26 3RD110 mCA26 3AS110 mCA26 3QX130 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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