Emergency telephone numbers
The 'out-of-hours' Council emergency telephone number is 01768 212499.
The 'out-of-hours' emergency service telephone puts you in touch with our duty officer.
Other emergency telephone numbers and useful links
| Service | Telephone Number |
|---|---|
Life or Death Situations to contact:
Free from Mobile or Landline. Your Location is passed on to operator. 112 is now used in all European Union countries. |
999 or 112 |
| Penrith Police - Non-Emergency Cumbria Constabulary website |
101 |
| ACT Action Counters Terrorism Counter Terrorism Policing |
0800 789 321 |
| Anti-Terrorist Freephone Security Service website |
0800 789 321 or 020 7930 9000 |
| Crimestoppers Crimestoppers' website |
0800 555 111 |
Environment Agency incident hotline to report:
Report an environmental incident |
0800 80 70 60 |
| Environment Agency FloodLine Environment Agency website: current flood warnings |
0345 988 1188 |
| Penrith Hospital Bridge Lane, Penrith, CA11 8HX |
01768 245 300 |
| Cumberland Infirmary Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY |
01228 523 444 |
| Westmorland General Hospital Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7RG |
01539 732 288 |
| Gas Leak (Nationalgrid Emergencies) | 0800 111 999 |
| No Electricity (Electricity Northwest) | 0800 195 4141 |
| No water or dirty water (United Utilities) | 0345 672 3723 |
| No water or poor pressure (Northumbrian Water) | 0345 717 1100 |
| Homelessness - Out of hours | 0800 358 1401 |
| Local Radio BBC Radio Cumbria website |
01228 592 444 |
| Traffic News - report an incident | 0330 123 0184 |
| Highway problems hotline | 0300 303 2992 |
| Emergency Planning Penrith Fire Station, Carleton Avenue, Penrith CA10 2FA |
01768 812500 |
