Property market | for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Liverpool (58.1 miles) | |
Broadband | 42.8mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 97.0% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 3.0% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 322 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 218 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Barrow and Furness level) | |
Community | Median age is 45.0 | Happiness is Below Average for Cumbria, Low for UK | |
Crime | 4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Barrow-in-Furness) | |
Commute (approx) | - Manchester Piccadilly (127 mins) - Leeds (164 mins) - Birmingham New Street (187 mins) - Edinburgh Waverley (200 mins) - Glasgow Central (200 mins) - Euston (247 mins)... (view more here) | |
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Closest airport is Liverpool (58.1 miles) | |
42.8mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 45.0 | Happiness is Below Average for Cumbria, Low for UK | |
Ranked 322 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 218 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Barrow and Furness level) | |
4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Barrow-in-Furness) | |
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Mill Brow has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Mill Brow has had a steep increase over the last few years and accelerating growth. Regarding the health of the Cumbria property market as a whole, here is how it compares to other counties in England:
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Mill Brow, or click here to browse the longer list of Mill Brow property transactions from 2023.
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Mill Brow has a healthy number of schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Chetwynde School (Academy) which is both a primary and secondary school and is based in Rating Lane, Barrow-in-Furness. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
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School | Type | Outstanding? |
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Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Newton Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursey | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
George Romney Junior School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Dowdales School | Secondary school Community school - Mixed | No |
St Bernard's Catholic High School | Secondary school Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
St Paul's CofE Junior School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Chetwynde School | Primary & Secondary Free schools - Mixed | No |
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/25/2011) | Ofsted Report Link | Dalton-in-Furness | |
George Romney Junior School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (2/5/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Dalton-in-Furness | |
Dowdales School Save school | Secondary school Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (7/10/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Dalton-in-Furness | |
St Paul's CofE Junior School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (6/25/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Barrow-in-Furness | |
Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/16/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Dalton-in-Furness | |
Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursey Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (12/4/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Barrow in Furness | |
Chetwynde School Save school | Primary & Secondary Free schools - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (11/6/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Barrow-in-Furness | |
Newton Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | Barrow-in-Furness | |||
St Bernard's Catholic High School Save school | Secondary school Voluntary aided school - Mixed | Barrow-in-Furness | |||
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | Dalton-in-Furness |
School | Type |
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Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/25/2011) |
George Romney Junior School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (2/5/2016) |
Dowdales School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (7/10/2019) |
St Paul's CofE Junior School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/25/2014) |
Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/16/2013) |
Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursey Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (12/4/2019) |
Chetwynde School Ofsted report Save school | Primary & Secondary Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (11/6/2019) |
Newton Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary |
St Bernard's Catholic High School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school |
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary |
Station | Distance from Mill Brow | Commute options |
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Askam A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +10% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 234 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 237 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 271 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 329 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 330 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 336 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 391 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 453 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Roose A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +26% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 127 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 164 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Ulverston A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +15% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 113 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 150 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 173 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details |
Kirkby-in-Furness | 7 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 229 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 232 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 266 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 324 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 325 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 331 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 386 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 448 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Millom A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +10% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 215 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 218 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 252 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 310 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 311 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 317 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 372 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 434 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Green Road A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +12% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 221 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 224 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 258 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 316 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 317 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 323 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 378 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 440 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Barrow-in-Furness) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Barrow-in-Furness residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 97.0% | 81.7% |
Asian | 1.4% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 0.8% | 2.9% |
Black | 0.4% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.4% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Barrow and Furness consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 10.7% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 8.6% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 11.2% | 322 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 19.6% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 8.3% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 14.1% | |
Routine occupations | 14.9% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 8.8% | 218 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 3.8% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Cumbria is average (57mbps). Mill Brow is slower than this, with average download speeds of 42.8mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Barrow and Furness level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 42.8 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 96.9% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.5% |
Crime stats were found at the Barrow-in-Furness level:
Type | Barrow-in-Furness | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 100 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 4 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 13 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 49 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Mill Brow.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Cumbria and Lancashire | River Duddon, River Crake, Mill Beck | Rivers Duddon, Crake and Mill Beck and other watercourses, from Coniston to Barrow-in-Furness including low lying areas around Ulpha, Duddon Bridge, Broughton in Furness, Kirkby-in-Furness, Dalton in Furness and Ulverston |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Irish Sea | Barrow in Furness including West Shore Park, Biggar Bank Road, Biggar, Tummer Hill Marshes, Rampside, Roa Island and Vickerstown |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Irish Sea | Coastline at Barrow in Furness |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Irish Sea | Duddon estuary including Haverigg, Millom Marsh, Foxfield, Sandside and Dunnerholme |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Irish Sea | Barrow in Furness including West Shore Park, Biggar Bank Road, Tummer Hill Marshes, Rampside, Roa Island, Vickerstown, Cavendish and Ramsden Docks, Salthouse Mills and Roosecote Power Station |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Irish Sea | Duddon estuary including Haverigg, Arnaby Marsh, Foxfield Farm, Sandside and Dunnerholme |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Poaka Beck, The Yarl, Hagg Gill, Butts Beck | Areas of the town adjacent to the Cricket Ground, Football Club, Bow Bridge and Goose Green including Ulverston Road, Queen Street, Littlefields, Beckside Road, Station Road, Market Street, Glenfield and Garden Lea |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Poaka Beck, The Yarl, Hagg Gill, Butts Beck | Butts Beck, Fire Station, King Street, Prince Street, Dale Terrace, Nursery Gardens, Meadow Grove, Beckside Rd, Chapel Street, Rawlinson Street, Underwood Terrace at Goose Green |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Mill Brow, Cumbria Affordability: Very affordable Hot property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 100 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 | 11.2% residents in higher managerial positions 8.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Arnside, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Hawkshead, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Grasmere, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Cartmel, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 3 | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Mill Brow, Cumbria Affordability: Very affordable Hot property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 100 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 |
Arnside, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Hawkshead, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Grasmere, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Cartmel, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 3 |
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