CA6 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

519 of the district's 825 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 54.99235, -2.89616, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in CA6

Companies House lists 886 companies with a registered office in CA6; none of them at an address shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.

Places OS Open Names lists for CA6

• Cumberland
• North West
• Longtown
• Harker
• Carlisle
• Cargo
• Crosby-on-Eden
• Linstock
• Rockcliffe
• Shawfoot
• Roadhead
• Irthington
• Newtown
• Smithfield
• Blackford
• Scaleby
• Moat
• Westlinton
• Hethersgill
• Boltonfellend
• Houghton
• Scalebyhill
• Laversdale
• Easton

Roads filed under CA6

Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.

• Albert Street
• Alstonby Court
• Anvil Close
• Applegarth
• Arthuret Drive
• Arthuret Road
• Auction Close
• Bank Street
• Baron Way
• Beech Close
• Beech Tree Court
• Bellsfield
• Birky Lane
• Blencarn Park
• Briar Lea Court
• Bridge Street
• Brunstock Lane
• Brunstock Mews
• Burn Street
• Carlisle Road
• Charlton Way
• Chestnut Grove
• Church Close
• Clairmont Drive
• Cliff Road
• Crindledyke Close
• Dale View
• Drury Lane
• Duchess Avenue
• Dukeswood Road
• Earls Way
• Eden Close
• Edenside
• Elliot Drive
• English Street
• Esk Bank
• Esk Street
• Fawn Wood Way
• Fenwick Drive
• Graham Street
• Green Lane
• Greenmill Road
• Harker Park
• Harker Road Ends
• Hendersons Croft
• High Street
• Kingmoor Park Road
• Kings Drive
• Kingsway
• Kinmont Way
• Knights Drive
• Ladybank
• Ladyseat Gardens
• Liddel Road
• Lochinvar Close
• Lords Way
• Lovers Lane
• Mary Court
• Mary Street
• Maxwell Drive

Check an address in CA6

Check an address in CA6

The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=CA6" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about CA6

What does a CA6 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the CA6 district of the CA (Carlisle) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Cumberland. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 519 live postcodes.

Where the counts come from

• ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
• os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
• uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0

What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.

Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.

Districts nearest CA6

• CA39.6 km
• DG1611.0 km
• DG1411.4 km
• CA111.9 km
• CA212.6 km
• CA814.6 km
• CA416.6 km
• CA517.2 km
• DG1321.8 km
• DG1222.6 km
• NE4927.9 km
• CA730.0 km
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distance between the districts' centroids