UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/cumberland

Council areaNorth West, England

House prices in Cumberland

Homes in Cumberland sold for a median of £177,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 8,327 standard sales.

That makes it the sixth cheapest of the 35 council areas in the North West with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £225,000.

Median sale price£177,0008,327 standard sales
Middle half of prices£124,000 to £260,000
Change since 2016+31%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 31%, from £135,000 in 2016 to £176,500 in 2025, the third smallest rise of the 35 council areas in the North West.

Postcode districts in Cumberland

The dearest district was CA12 (Keswick), at £370,000, and the cheapest was CA25 (Cleator Moor), at £127,500. The dearest median is 2.9 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were CA4 (Carlisle) and CA5 (Carlisle), and the next cheapest LA18 (Millom), CA26 (Frizington) and CA22 (Egremont).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Cumberland, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in Cumberland, by number of sales: Carlisle (CA1, CA2, CA3, CA4, CA5, CA6), Workington (CA14), Whitehaven (CA28), Wigton (CA7), Cockermouth (CA13), Maryport (CA15), Brampton (CA8), Millom (LA18, LA19), and 10 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. CA12Keswick, 223 sales£370,000−15%
  2. CA4Carlisle, 321 sales£285,000+9%
  3. CA5Carlisle, 224 sales£278,500−14%
  4. CA13Cockermouth, 482 sales£253,500−2%
  5. CA8Brampton, 269 sales£250,000+12%
  6. CA6Carlisle, 213 sales£235,000+15%
  7. CA3Carlisle, 518 sales£215,000+10%
  8. CA20Seascale, 121 sales£210,000Too few
  9. CA7Wigton, 691 sales£205,0000%
  10. CA14Workington, 1,069 sales£165,0000%
  11. CA28Whitehaven, 914 sales£165,000−3%
  12. CA15Maryport, 448 sales£159,0000%
  13. CA1Carlisle, 796 sales£145,0000%
  14. CA2Carlisle, 1,248 sales£145,0000%
  15. CA22Egremont, 215 sales£131,000+10%
  16. CA26Frizington, 119 sales£131,000Too few
  17. LA18Millom, 222 sales£130,000+15%
  18. CA25Cleator Moor, 129 sales£127,500Too few

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: CA19 £305k (30 sales), CA21 £285k (19 sales), CA23 £125k (44 sales), CA24 £100k (31 sales), CA27 £232k (56 sales), LA19 £149k (16 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in CA6 (Carlisle) and LA18 (Millom), up 15%, and fell most in CA12 (Keswick), down 15%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Nightingale Row, High Harrington (CA14)35 sales
  • Warwick Road, Carlisle (CA1)31 sales
  • Marsh Drive, Workington (CA14)30 sales
  • Buttercup Lane, Carlisle (CA2)26 sales
  • Moorside Drive, Carlisle (CA1)25 sales
  • Comma Close, Workington (CA14)24 sales
  • Foxhollow Close, Broughton Moor (CA15)24 sales
  • Edderside Drive, Carlisle (CA3)24 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were The Mill Fields, Lamplugh (CA14, £515,000), The Woodlands, Seaton (CA14, detached houses, £405,000) and Portland Square, Carlisle (CA1, £385,000).

The cheapest were Pica Cottages, Pica (CA14, terraced houses, £62,000), Holborn Hill, Millom (LA18, terraced houses, £70,000) and Townfoot Court, Brampton (CA8, terraced houses, £75,000).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Cumberland, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached2,292£300,000£240,000 to £385,000£2,530/m²from 94 sales
Semi-detached2,755£175,000£140,000 to £225,000£2,200/m²from 109 sales
Terraced2,830£125,000£95,000 to £160,000£1,543/m²from 91 sales
Flats and maisonettes450£107,500£78,000 to £151,000Too few

Terraced houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in Cumberland, at 34% and 33% of sales.

Flats and maisonettes stand out against the North West as a whole: a median of £107,500 here, 28% less than the £150,000 across the region.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £2,094 per m², 24% below the £2,763 across the North West as a whole.

Living in Cumberland

Crime

80 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Higher than 61 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

86% of homes can get it

Lower than 66 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%.

Radon

51% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,511 a year in Cumberland for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 71 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the North West

Median sale price of the 35 council areas in the North West with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Cumberland and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Lancaster£203,000
  2. Preston£200,000
  3. Wigan£200,000
  4. Wyre£200,000
  5. Knowsley£197,000
  6. Halton£195,000
  7. St. Helens£193,000
  8. Rossendale£190,000
  9. Liverpool£185,000
  10. Cumberland£177,000
  11. Blackburn with Darwen£172,000
  12. Pendle£148,000
  13. Hyndburn£140,000
  14. Blackpool£139,000
  15. Burnley£136,500
All 35 council areas in the North West, ranked

About these figures

Cumberland's figures come from 8,327 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages). New builds made up 6% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.