Skelton
Skelton is a small village and civil parish about 7 miles north west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the former route of the B5305 road, which is now about 1 mile to the north.Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,080 residents
- Description: village in Cumbria, England
- Also known as: “Skelton, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Michael and Hutton in the Forest.
Hutton in the Forest
Photo: Mdbeckwith, CC BY 3.0.
Hutton in the Forest is a Grade I listed country house near the village of Skelton in the historic county of Cumberland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, England. Hutton in the Forest is situated 1½ miles east of Skelton.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 1½ miles east of Skelton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Unthank and Unthank End.
Unthank
Village
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unthank is a village in the civil parish of Skelton, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 39 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
Johnby
Village
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Johnby is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about 6 miles from the large town of Penrith and about 1 mile from the village of Greystoke. Johnby is situated 1½ miles south of Skelton.
Skelton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Skelton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7123° or 54° 42′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.87905° or 2° 52′ 45″ westPopulation
1,080Elevation
761 feet (232 metres)Open location code
9C6VP46C+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29359116OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637745Wikidata ID
Q1012044
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Skelton” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Skelton”
- Cebuano: “Skelton”
- Chinese: “Skelton”
- Dutch: “Skelton”
- French: “Skelton”
- German: “Skelton”
- Irish: “Skelton”
- Italian: “Skelton (Cumbria)”
- Italian: “Skelton”
- Ladin: “Skelton (Cumbria)”
- Ladin: “Skelton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Skelton (Cumbria)”
- Persian: “اسکلتون کومبریا”
- Polish: “Skelton”
- Russian: “Скелтон”
- South Azerbaijani: “اسکلتون کومبریا”
- Swedish: “Skelton (parish)”
- Swedish: “Skelton, Cumbria”
- Swedish: “Skelton”
- Turkish: “Skelton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Skelton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Skelton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Skelton School and Skelton Toppin Memorial Hall.
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