Solway View, Bothel, Wigton CA7 2HU

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 84 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, dual fuel (mineral and wood), Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FC for £23,400 · £7,800 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£1563.2 yrs+6.8 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1456.9 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£19517.5 yrs+8.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£18025.0 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£15133.1 yrs+6.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£21042.8 yrs+9.1 pts · reaches C

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£2,107
per year at grade F
£1,070
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,037 a year — a 4.4% annual return on £23,400.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Solway View: 14 sales since 1995 · £153,250 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Blennerhasset SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Plumbland CofE SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Beacon Hill Community SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -1.37 · well below average (2023/24)
Cockermouth SchoolSecondary5.9 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolSecondary7.3 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

5.3
crimes a month
42
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019133, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Solway View

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
42.7
average score
F
most common grade
-16.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.