Our key service centres

Cumberland has 14 key service centre (KSC) areas. These are towns and larger villages which provide a range of essential services and facilities to the surrounding rural areas.

The 14 KSCs in Cumberland are:

• Aspatria
• Brampton
• Carlisle
• Cockermouth
• Cleator Moor
• Egremont
• Keswick
• Longtown
• Maryport
• Millom
• Silloth
• Whitehaven
• Wigton
• Workington

Key service centre areas that are more densely populated are smaller, whilst larger KSCs are less densely populated.

The rest of Cumberland is referred to as ‘not in KSC’ and most of these places are quite rural.

As Cumberland is a diverse region with a number of key characteristics at a local level, further information broken down by KSC areas has been provided in appendix 1.

Cumberland Council acknowledges the financial challenges facing adult social care nationally. Despite these constraints, we are committed to making sure residents’ eligible care and support needs are met. This may not always be within their key service centre, however, the council works collaboratively across Cumberland to ensure a reasonable offer (Care Act 2014) is available to all eligible residents in the community.