Carlisle

Introducing the location of your GCSE geography Human Fieldwork: Cities

GCSE Human Fieldwork Enquiry title:

To investigate differences in quality of life in Carlisle.

  • What do we mean by 'quality of life'?

Keep scrolling to find out more about Carlisle and your fieldwork investigation. Fill in your worksheet as you go.

Location

    Carlisle is located in Northwest of England in the county of Cumbria. Carlisle is 260 miles north west of London and 75 miles south of Edinburgh.
  • Explore the map to see what Cumbria and Carlisle look like.
  • Where is Carlisle in relation to your home town?

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About Carlisle

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Size

Carlisle's population was 77,728 in the 2021 census.

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Carlisle Castle

Calisle is a historic city. The first settlement was a roman fort built along Hardian's Wall. Known as The Boarder City, Carlisle was important in defending England from the Scottish. Carlisle Castle was built in 1122 to secure the boarder.

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Carlisle's Rivers

Carlisle has three rivers the Rivers Eden, Caldew and Peterill. The rivers all drain from the mountains of the Lake District, the wettest place in England. The city suffered devestating floods in 2005 and 2015

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Connections

Carlisle has fast train links to London (3hrs), Glasgow (1hr), Newcastle (1hr) and Manchester (2hrs). Carlisle is also on the M6 motorway

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Employment

Employment in Carlisle is higher than the England average with 82% of people in employment (June 2020).

Carlisle has higher than average employment in skilled trades (e.g. plumbing) and manufacturing, 17% and 12% repectively.

Carlisle is home to a number of large employers including McVities Biscuits, Pirelli Tyres, Eddie Stobart and Northern Foods

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Education

Carlisle is home to the university of Cumbria, opened in 2007

There are four large secondary schools serving the town

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Your Investigation

Title: To investigate differences in quality of life in Carlisle

Quality of life can be defined as:

The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.

  • What quality of life indicators might we look for in a city? (Think about the things where you live that provide comfort and happiness)

Investigation Study Area

This map shows Lower level Super Output Areas (LSOAs). These are data areas used by the government and council to to let them compare different places. Each LSOA has an average population of 1500 people.

We will be comparing two LSOAs, an inner city area and a suburban area to see how quality of life differs between them.

    • What style of housing does this area have?
    • How dense is the housing?
    • Is there much green space?

    Move around the map and zoom if you need to

    • What style of housing does this area have?
    • How dense is the housing?
    • Is there much green space?

    Move around the map and zoom if you need to

Complete the table on your worksheet to compare the two areas

Sampling strategy

In any investigation we need an unbiased method to enable us decide where to collect data. There are three commonly used strategies on this image.

  • Which method have we used our investigation?
  • Why have we used this method?
  • Why is using LSOAs a good idea in this investigation?

Quality of Life

We're now going to have a look at a few indicators of quality of life to help us make a hypothesis about what we will find in Carlisle.

This map shows the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019.

The IMD is the official measure of deprivation in England. The IMD is used to compare relative levels of deprivation between different LSOAs. The IMD is contructed using 7 domains, or categories this map shows the overall result of all 7 domains combined together.

The IMD is split in to 10 levels called deciles. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of LSOAs in England. Decile 10 is he least deprived 10% of LSOAs.

Click on each of our areas to find out more.

  • What decile is each area in?
  • Which area is more deprived?

One of the IMD domains is crime.

This map is on the same scale as the last one.

  • Which area scores the best for crime?

This map shows the Living Environment domain of the IMD. This is based on the following- Houses with central heating, housing in poor condition, road traffic accidents and air quality.

  • Which area scores best for living environment?

This map shows the health domain. This data comes from people reporting their health as very good, good, bad, very bad in the census

  • Are there a notable differences in health between the two areas?

Hypothesis

Complete the following hypothesis stating which area you think will have a better quality of life and why.

  • Quality of life will be better in the ________________ area. This is because...

Next Steps

Before we go to Carlisle think about the following questions. Note down any ideas you have on your worksheet

  • What data could be collected to answer the hypothesis?
  • What hazards might there be collecting data in a city. How we will we work safely?

Your are now ready for your fieldwork. You will need this worksheet on your trip. Don’t forget to bring it with you.

Where Carlisle is in relation to Blencathra Centre. It will take about 45 mins to drive to Carlisle from the centre