Westlinton

Human settlement in England

Westlinton

District

City of Carlisle

Cumbria

Region

North West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCARLISLEPostcode districtCA6Dialling code01228PoliceCumbriaFire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament

Penrith and The Border

List of places: UK; England; Cumbria

54°58′16″N 2°56′53″W / 54.971°N 2.948°W / 54.971; -2.948

Westlinton (or West Linton^[1]) is a small village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It is in the City of Carlisle district, and is located north of Carlisle, on the A7 road between Carlisle and Longtown.^[2] In the south of the parish, and also on the A7, is another small village, Blackford. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 359,^[3] increasing to 380 at the 2011 census.^[4] North of the village of Westlinton is the River Lyne, which forms the northern boundary of the parish.

References

^ "Westlinton CP/Tn Cumberland through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth & others. 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
^ "Ordnance Survey Sheet 076". 1955. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
^ "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Westlinton CP (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 June 2015.