Oulton
Oulton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Woodside, near the small town of Wigton, in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England.- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Oulton, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wigton railway station and St Andrew’s Church, Aikton.
Wigton railway station
Railway station
Wigton railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Wigton in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
St Andrew’s Church, Aikton
Church
St Andrew's Church stands near the village of Aikton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. St Andrew’s Church, Aikton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Oulton.
The Nelson Thomlinson School
School
The Nelson Thomlinson School is an 11–18 comprehensive coeducational secondary school with a sixth form in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, England. The Nelson Thomlinson School is situated 2 miles south of Oulton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gamelsby and Aikhead.
Gamelsby
Hamlet
Gamelsby is a village near Aikton, Cumbria, England. It appears first in written records in 1305 as Gamelesby by Ayketon, and later as Gamelsby in 1332.
Aikhead
Locality
Aikhead is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District. It is about one and a half miles northwest of Wigton, and is in the civil parish of Woodside. The hamlet was the residence of John Rooke, an English geologist.
Biglands
Hamlet
Biglands is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Gamelsby, and east of the River Wampool. It is not the location of Milefortlet 1, the first milefortlet to the west of Hadrian's Wall, which is located on the coast overlooking the Solway Firth at Biglands House Farm, about a mile to the west of Bowness-on-Solway and just to the south of Herdhill Scar.
Oulton
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Woodside, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.84684° or 54° 50′ 49″ north
Longitude
-3.17215° or 3° 10′ 20″ west
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
Open location code
9C6RRRWH+P4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Oulton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Oulton”
- French: “Oulton”
- Polish: “Oulton”
- Swedish: “Oulton, Cumbria”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Wigton Hospital and Social Services.
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