Gamblesby
Gamblesby is a village near Melmerby, and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glassonby, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charles Rispin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 197 residents
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Gamblesby, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Little Meg.
Little Meg
Archaeological site
Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Meg is a small circle of large kerb stones which probably surrounded a Bronze Age kerb cairn. It is close to the village of Langwathby to the north-east of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria and is 650 metres north-east of the more famous stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters. Little Meg is situated 2½ miles southwest of Gamblesby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Unthank and Melmerby.
Unthank
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unthank is a village near Gamblesby in the civil parish of Glassonby in Cumbria, England. It is first mentioned in writing as Unthanke in 1332.
Melmerby
Village
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Melmerby is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It is a small village with a population of around 200. The village is 9 miles to the east of Penrith, which is a thriving community with immediate access to Junction 40 of the M6 motorway and a main-line railway station serving London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Glassonby
Village
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glassonby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden Valley, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It lies about 3 miles south south east of Kirkoswald. Glassonby is situated 2 miles west of Gamblesby.
Gamblesby
- Category: locality
- Location: Glassonby, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.74864° or 54° 44′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.60664° or 2° 36′ 24″ westPopulation
197Elevation
627 feet (191 metres)Open location code
9C6VP9XV+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 242932608OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648903Wikidata ID
Q658556
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Gamblesby” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gamblesby”
- French: “Gamblesby”
- Irish: “Gamblesby”
- Polish: “Gamblesby”
- Swedish: “Gamblesby”
- Welsh: “Gamblesby”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gamblesby Village Hall and Todhills Wood.
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