Murton
Murton is a small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 330 in 2001, rising to 360 at the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 359 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Murton, Cumbria” and “Murton, Westmorland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St John the Baptist, Murton and Murton Fell.
St John the Baptist, Murton
Church
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist, Murton is a church.
Murton Fell
Peak
Murton Fell is a hill of 675 metres above the village of Murton, Cumbria in Westmorland and Furness district, in the North Pennines. It lies east of the dramatic valley of High Cup Nick It lies on the central watershed of England, as it is drained to the south west into the River Eden flowing into the Solway Firth, and to the north east into the River Tees and ultimately the North Sea. Murton Fell is situated 2½ miles northeast of Murton.
Coupland Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coupland Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Murton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hilton and Keisley.
Hilton
Village
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilton is a village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Murton, about 3 miles east of Appleby-in-Westmorland and at an elevation of 752 feet. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 253.
Keisley
Hamlet
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keisley is a small hamlet in the English county of Cumbria. It is located in the Dufton civil parish and the Westmorland and Furness district. Keisley is situated 1½ miles northwest of Murton.
Coupland
Locality
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coupland is a small village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Warcop. It is situated a short distance to the south-east of Appleby-in-Westmorland, just to the north of the A66, and lies within the historic county boundaries of Westmorland. Coupland is situated 2 miles southwest of Murton.
Murton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Murton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.58965° or 54° 35′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.42312° or 2° 25′ 23″ westPopulation
359Elevation
748 feet (228 metres)Open location code
9C6VHHQG+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 242712806OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2641946Wikidata ID
Q3133354
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Murton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Murton”
- Chinese: “Murton”
- Dutch: “Murton”
- French: “Murton”
- Irish: “Murton”
- Italian: “Murton (Cumbria)”
- Italian: “Murton”
- Ladin: “Murton (Cumbria)”
- Ladin: “Murton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Murton (Cumbria)”
- Persian: “مورتون، کامبریا”
- Polish: “Murton”
- Swedish: “Murton, Cumbria”
- Swedish: “Murton”
- Turkish: “Murton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Murton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Murton, Westmorland”
- Welsh: “Murton”
- “Murton”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Murton”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.