Lazonby Fire Station

Local stations

• Penrith - 8 miles
• Carlisle - 14 miles
• Alston - 18 miles

7,600 population

Crewing type

On-call

Fleet

• 1 fire engine

Lazonby is a village and civil parish in the Lower Eden valley, about 8 miles NNE of Penrith. The village is quite large by local standards, offering a number of amenities to its local inhabitants which include, two public houses, a primary school, a co-operative store and post office, swimming pool, railway station and a large bakery.

In recent years many new housing developments have sprung up in the village, with the village being mainly lived in by people who work in Carlisle and Penrith.

Further information for this fire station is available on a number of themes at the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory, including:

• Population 

• Crime and Community

• Health and Social Care

• Housing

• Economy and Employment

• Environment

• Children and Young People

Please visit www.cumbriaobservatory.org.uk and choose a fire station area for your particular theme of interest.

The area contains:

• 1 Heritage site: Long Meg Stone Circle
• 2 Grade I listed buildings and 18 Grade II listed buildings
• 3 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
• 1 Site Specific Risk, Eden Valley Minerals Ltd
• There are no significant flooding risks identified within the station area

The risks are mainly residential, industries include the large bakery, agriculture and forestry.