Cumberland
CA20 house prices in Cumberland
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Cumberland, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£195,000
Range £120,000–£385,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -1.2%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Oct 2022 and 19 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in CA20: the typical (median) sold price is £195,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 1.2%, comparing 55 sales with 82, so a handful of homes can swing it. CA20 is a quiet market, with about 5 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were semi-detached homes (typically £177,000) and 34% were detached homes (typically £270,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,511 a year: Cumberland's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cumberland, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on CA20: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
Only about 5 sales a month sell in CA20, with a median below last year’s, so buyers have time on their side, though a few sales can mislead either way.
For sellers, £195,000 is only the middle of a market that runs from £120,000 to £385,000, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; with so little to compare, give yourself extra time; if certainty matters more than price, a quick cash sale usually means accepting about 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote).
Sell houseWhen buying here, CA20 sits well below the UK average for typical prices, with prices slipping, so negotiate, but ask what lies behind the lower prices before you assume a bargain.
Before you offer in CA20, check long-term flood risk, council tax (Band D is £2,511 a year) and planning applications nearby, and ask your conveyancer about the title.
Averages only go so far, so the free CA20 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
CA20 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£195,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
5.4
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-1.2%
-1.2% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,511
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in CA20
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in CA20 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £270,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £79,750.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 80 | £270,000 | £179,500–£422,750 |
| Semi-detached | 95 | £177,000 | £135,000–£238,000 |
| Terraced | 51 | £175,000 | £100,000–£322,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 8 | £79,750 | £71,400–£119,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Oct 2022 and 19 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in CA20
The quarterly typical price rose 38.6%, from £220,000 in Q4 2024 (24 sales) to £305,000 in Q3 2026 (5 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £220,000 | 24 |
| Q1 2025 | £217,700 | 25 |
| Q2 2025 | £185,000 | 8 |
| Q3 2025 | £216,000 | 26 |
| Q4 2025 | £222,475 | 20 |
| Q1 2026 | £195,000 | 11 |
| Q2 2026 | £247,000 | 10 |
| Q3 2026 | £305,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Oct 2022 and 19 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of CA20 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most CA20 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £120,000 and £385,000, around a typical £195,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Oct 2022 and 19 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in CA20
Semi-detached homes were 41% of recorded sales (95 of 234). 95% of sales were freehold and 5% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached34%
- Semi-detached41%
- Terraced22%
- Flat / maisonette3%
Tenure
- Freehold95%
- Leasehold5%
See the figures
238 freehold (95%) and 12 leasehold (5%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in CA20. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Oct 2022 and 19 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
34, CONISTON AVENUE, SEASCALE
£180,000 (2022)£245,000 (2026)+36.1% over 3.9 yrs (+8.3%/yr)
12, MEADOWFIELD, SEASCALE
£250,000 (2023)£320,000 (2026)+28% over 2.8 yrs (+9.1%/yr)
3, HARDINGILL, SEASCALE
£122,000 (2023)£122,000 (2026)0% over 2.9 yrs (0%/yr)
5, THE CRESCENT, SEASCALE
£322,000 (2023)£345,000 (2026)+7.1% over 3.2 yrs (+2.2%/yr)
TREE TOPS, SEASCALE
£336,000 (2024)£397,500 (2025)+18.3% over 0.8 yrs (+23.2%/yr)
4, CONISTON AVENUE, SEASCALE
£91,000 (2023)£180,000 (2025)+97.8% over 2.3 yrs (+34.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where CA20 sits in Cumberland
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in CA20
12, MEADOWFIELD, SEASCALE
Detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£320,000
34, CONISTON AVENUE, SEASCALE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£245,000
CHELFORD, DRIGG ROAD, SEASCALE
Detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£305,000
3, HARDINGILL, SEASCALE
Terraced · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£122,000
SILVERDALE, SEASCALE
Detached · Freehold · 8 Jul 2026
£400,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). CA20 includes the Gosforth ward.
In plain English
What the Cumberland (CA20) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £270,000 against £79,750 for flats: about 3.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £120,000 and £385,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (95%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 5 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 7 October 2022 and 19 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on CA20
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in CA20
£2,511
Band D a year in Cumberland, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,674 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,953 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,232 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,511 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,069 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,627 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,186 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,023 |
These are Cumberland's charges for 2026-27, the authority CA20 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Cumberland · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near CA20
2
open schools within 3 km, nearest Seascale Primary School.
All schools
Seascale Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CA20 1LZ
1.5 km
Good · 2024
Gosforth CofE Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CA20 1AZ
2.3 km
Good · 2024
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the CA20 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 2 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near CA20
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around CA20
2
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 15 October 2026.
Recent applications
Cumbria/4/25/9006Conditions
365 m
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to amend condition 1 of planning permission 4/00/9004 [Use of existing borehole (No. QBH13) for long term monitoring of groundwater] to allow an extension to the expiry date of the planning permission until 30 June 2027.
Received 2025-02-28 · decided 2025-04-14
Copeland/4/21/2116/0F1Withdrawn
416 m
ACCESS FOR A SINGLE DWELLING AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING UNSAFE HIGHWAY ACCESS
Received 2021-03-17 · decided 2022-01-28
Applications are matched within 500 m of the CA20 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 2 of 2 held; run a live planning search for CA20 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 2 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 15 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for CA20
Decile 6 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled CA20 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 8, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
CA20 1HX, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so CA20 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in CA20: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in CA20, band by band
Cumberland's council tax for 2026-27 set against the CA20 median sold price of £195,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCumberland | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £195,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,674 | £140 | 0.86% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,953 | £163 | 1.00% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,232 | £186 | 1.14% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,511 | £209 | 1.29% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,069 | £256 | 1.57% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,627 | £302 | 1.86% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,186 | £349 | 2.15% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,023 | £419 | 2.58% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the CA20 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cumberland, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in CA20 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 232 distinct addresses in the records we hold for CA20. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
12, MEADOWFIELD, SEASCALE
CA20 1HX · Detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£320,000
2026-08-19
34, CONISTON AVENUE, SEASCALE
CA20 1LT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£245,000
2026-08-19
CHELFORD, DRIGG ROAD, SEASCALE
CA20 1NX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-08-07
3, HARDINGILL, SEASCALE
CA20 1AQ · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£122,000
2026-07-24
SILVERDALE, SEASCALE
CA20 1HW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-08
HOLLY BANK COTTAGE, THE SQUARE, SEASCALE
CA20 1DH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-06-30
21, THE FAIRWAYS, SEASCALE
CA20 1RD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-06-22
31, MEADOWFIELD GROVE, SEASCALE
CA20 1HL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-05-29
1, LINKS SIDE, SEASCALE
CA20 1QQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£327,000
2026-05-26
8, ELLERSLIE PARK, SEASCALE
CA20 1BL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£244,000
2026-05-20
19, THE FAIRWAYS, SEASCALE
CA20 1RD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-05-20
BLENGFELL, WASDALE ROAD, SEASCALE
CA20 1AU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£422,500
2026-05-20
ROW COTTAGE, SEASCALE
CA20 1BE · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£177,000
2026-05-08
5, THE CRESCENT, SEASCALE
CA20 1QA · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£345,000
2026-04-15
43, WASDALE PARK, SEASCALE
CA20 1PB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£135,000
2026-04-02
6, WHITECROFT, SEASCALE
CA20 1AY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-03-20
11, GREEN CLOSE, SEASCALE
CA20 1RA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£95,000
2026-03-06
9, SCAWFELL CRESCENT, SEASCALE
CA20 1LF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-02-25
9, WHOLE HOUSE ROAD, SEASCALE
CA20 1QX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-02-20
59, SANTON WAY, SEASCALE
CA20 1NF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-02-19
GLENWOOD, LINGMELL, SEASCALE
CA20 1HG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-02-19
23, THE FAIRWAYS, SEASCALE
CA20 1RD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-02-09
STANLEY ARMS HOTEL, SEASCALE
CA20 1DN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-02-09
34, MEADOWFIELD GROVE, SEASCALE
CA20 1HL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£140,000
2026-01-30
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Nearby
Postcode districts near CA20
The closest districts to CA20 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in CA21 (Beckermet) 3.3 miles
- House prices in CA19 (Holmrook) 3.5 miles
- House prices in CA22 (Egremont) 5.6 miles
- House prices in CA23 (Cleator) 7.3 miles
- House prices in CA27 (St Bees) 7.7 miles
- House prices in CA24 (Moor Row) 8 miles
- House prices in CA25 (Cleator Moor) 8.1 miles
- House prices in LA19 (Millom) 8.5 miles
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Data sources
Every CA20 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.