Cumbria

Cumbria county
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Country	United Kingdom
Part of the country	England
region	North West England
status	Ceremonial and Administrative County
Ceremonial county
Administrative county
founded	April 1, 1974
out	Cumberland , Westmorland
by	Local Government Act 1972
Administrative headquarters	Carlisle
ISO-3166-2	GB-CMA
surface	6,768 km²
Residents	498,888
was standing	June 30, 2018
ONS code	16
GSS code	E10000006
NUTS code	UKD1
Website	www.cumbria.gov.uk
 Districts / Unitary Authorities
Barrow-in-Furness South Lakeland Copeland Allerdale Eden Carlisle

Cumbria [ ˈkʌmbɹɪə ] is a county in north-west England . It borders the Irish Sea to the west and the Pennines to the east. The neighboring counties are Northumberland , County Durham , North Yorkshire , Lancashire and the so-called Lieutenancy areas of Scotland Dumfries and Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale in Scotland .

history

Cumbria was created in 1974 when the traditional counties of Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness from Lancashire merged. The name "Cumbria" has been used for centuries for this region, which was formerly ruled by the Celts . It comes from the name of the area in the Cumbrian language .

Cumbria is divided into six districts : Allerdale , Barrow-in-Furness , Carlisle , Copeland , Eden and South Lakeland .

Cumbria is home to the Lake District National Park .

There is a district partnership with the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia .

There are several offshore wind farms off the coast: Walney , Ormonde , Barrow and West of Duddon Sands .

towns and places

• Alston , Ambleside , Appleby-in-Westmorland , Arnside , Aspatria
• Barrow-in-Furness , Bowness-on-Windermere , Brampton , Brough , Burton-in-Kendal
• Carlisle , Cockermouth
• Dalton-in-Furness
• Finsthwaite
• Glenridding , Grange-over-Sands , Grasmere
• Heversham
• Kendal , Keswick , Kirkby Lonsdale , Kirkby Stephen
• Maryport , Millom , Milnthorpe , Muncaster
• Oulton
• Patterdale , Penrith
• Ravenglass , Rheged
• Sedbergh , Sellafield , Shap , Silloth , Swarthmoor
• Temple Sowerby , Thornhill
• Ulverston , Upton
• Walton , Wetheral , Whitehaven , Windermere , Workington

Attractions

See also : List of Grade I Monuments in Cumbria

• Bassenthwaite Lake
• Brantwood
• Buttermere
• Carlisle Castle
• Coniston Water
• Crummock Water
• Cumbria Way
• Dales Way
• Derwent Water
• Eamont
• Eden
• Ennerdale Water
• Fisher Tarn Reservoir
• Furness Abbey
• Haweswater Reservoir
• Holker Hall
• Killington Reservoir
• Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, museum railway
• Windermere
• Lanercost Priory
• Levens Hall
• National Nature Reserves in Cumbria
• Pennine Way
• Quaker tapestry, Kendal
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway , museum railway
• Rydal Water
• Scafell Pike
• Seathwaite Tarn
• Sizergh Castle
• Thirlmere
• Ullswater
• Wast water
• Whinfell Forest

Archaeological places

Castlerigg stone circle

• Castlerigg stone circle
• Druid's Circle stone circle
• Giant's Grave (Cumbria) , pair of stones
• Gunnerkeld stone circle
• Henge of Mayburgh
• Hill of Skulls
• King Arthur's Round Table
• Langdale Boulders
• Long Barrows by Mossthorn
• Long Meg and her Daughters , stone circle
• Swinside Stone Circle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Coordinates: 54 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 55 ′  W