| Postcode | CA6 4HG | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Carlisle | 
| Nearest station | Gretna Green (5 km) | 
| Bus stops | Metal Bridge (S) | 
| Number of UPRNs | 31 View | 
| Known addresses | Eskdale Cottage, Metal Bridge, Blackford Floriston Cottage, Blackford Holly Lodge, Metal Bridge, Blackford Llamedos, Metal Bridge, Blackford Metal Bridge House, Blackford Thackwood, Metal Bridge, Blackford | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.972638 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.007974 | |
| Easting | 335575 | |
| Northing | 564690 | |
| Grid reference | NY355646 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 499489 6091746 | |
| what3words | charts.redouble.dolly | |
| FixPhrase | crunchy luridness stench unplanned | |
| Plus code | 9C6RXXFR+3R | |
| Altitude | 10 metres (32 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:14 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:39 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.9 KMs (0.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Rockcliffe | E04002470 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Longtown | E05014199 | 
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland | E06000063 | 
| County | Cumbria | E10000006 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Carlisle | E14001152 | 
| MP | Ms Julie Minns | Labour | 
| Police force | Cumbria | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Cumberland | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Cumbria | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 6 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00097190 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Carlisle 001A | E01019226 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Carlisle 001A | E01019226 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Longtown & Border | E02003987 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Longtown & Border | E02003987 | 
| Travel to work area | Carlisle | K01000010 | 
| Average property price in Carlisle | £186,745 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.9% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Lodge, Metal Bridge, Blackford | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2023 | £370,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | May 1996 | £82,950 | |
| Thackwood, Metal Bridge, Blackford | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2021 | £250,000 | 
| Llamedos, Metal Bridge, Blackford | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2019 | £225,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2010 | £187,000 | |
| Eskdale Cottage, Metal Bridge, Blackford | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2010 | £185,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2003 | £57,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2001 | £124,000 | |
| Metal Bridge House, Blackford | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2005 | £249,999 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2002 | £146,000 | |
| Floriston Cottage, Blackford | Detached (freehold) | May 1997 | £40,000 |