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Guide Price£125,000C & D Rural, Carlisle

Lot 2 Ellwood Croft, Land & Building, Gamblesby, CA10

Land size
4.22 acres

Key Features

  • Sought after village location
  • Around 4.22 acres of land with a modern 60' x 30' shed
  • Access from the road to the village allotments
  • Orchard with fruit and nut trees
  • Ideal opportunity to create a rural lifestyle

Description

The field is accessed via double gates off the road that leads to the village allotments, and amounts to around 4.22 acres, including the area occupied by the building and yard area, and is sown to grass. It is serviced by mains fed water, as is the building, and also roof water is collected from the building. The land is stock proof fenced. The building is of timber frame construction measuring around 60’ x 30’ with a concrete floor, concrete feed passage to the front and a hardcore yard area. There is also an orchard containing plum, apple, nut and pear trees.

Location

The Eden Valley village of Gamblesby is a rural idyll, surround by hills and around 9 miles north east of Penrith. It is close to the North Pennines AONB (Area of Natural Beauty). The village is accessed by local rural roads but is close to the A686, which is a popular road for motorists and bikers alike. Penrith has a range of high street and local shops, a monthly Farmers Market, a wide range of healthcare facilities, schools, leisure options, restaurants, cafes, as well as bus station and train station (on the West Coast Mainline). Penrith is also the gateway to the north lakes and is the hub joining the A66 to the M6 motorway.

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GENERAL REMARKS & STIPULATIONS

Tenure and Possession: The Freehold title is offered for sale with vacant possession upon completion.

Matters of Title: The property is sold subject to all existing easements, burdens, reservations and wayleaves, including rights of access and rights of way whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether referred to in the General Remarks and Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of such servitude rights and others.

Services: Mains water supply.

Viewings: Strictly by appointment through the sole selling agents, C&D Rural. Tel 01228 792299.

Offers: Offers should be submitted to the selling agents. The owner reserves the right to sell without imposing a closing date and will not be bound to accept the highest, or indeed any, offer. All genuinely interested parties are advised to instruct their solicitor to note their interest with the Selling Agents immediately after inspection.

Money Laundering Obligations: In accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 the selling agents are required to verify the identity of the purchaser at the time an offer is accepted. All offers to purchase a property on a cash basis or subject to mortgage require evidence of source of funds.

Local Authority: Westmoreland and Furness Council, Voreda House, Portland Place, Penrith, CA11 7BF. Tel: 0300 373 3300. The bungalow is in Council Tax Band C.

Website and Social Media: Further details of this property as well as all others offered by C&D Rural are available to view on our website www.cdrural.co.uk. For updates and the latest properties like us on facebook.com/cdrural and Instagram on @cdrural.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-08-25

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 397 land-only listings in North West England (1+ acres).

This Property£29,621 / acre
Regional Average (1+ acres) £27,463 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
Direct Main Waters
Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Kirkoswald CofE School3.4 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    48
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Lazonby C of E Primary School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    112
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Langwathby CofE Primary School4.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    169
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Culgaith CofE School6.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    56
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Plumpton School7.1 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    102
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Samuel King's School7.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    113
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Ullswater Community College8.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,520
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith8.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,026
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Appleby Grammar School13 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    357
    Type
    Academy converter
  • William Howard School14 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,312
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Lakes and Dales Lazonby, Lazonby3.7 miles
Spar - Alston, Alston, Cumbria7.9 miles
Co-op Alston, Alston, Cumbria8 miles

GP surgery

Kirkoswald Surgery3.4 miles

Pharmacy

Alston Pharmacy8 miles

Hospital

Alston Hospital8 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces16 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Lazonby & Kirkoswald Rail Station3.7 miles

Nearest bus stop

The Old Smithy383 metres

Typical drive times

Alston14 min · 10 miles
Penrith18 min · 11 miles
Brampton24 min · 17 miles
Carlisle (city)32 min · 23 miles
Appleby-in-Westmorland26 min · 16 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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