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Helsington

Helsington

Helsington is a civil parish in the district of the county of . It includes the village of and Sizergh Castle and Garden, a property owned by the National Trust.
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  • Type: Suburb with 276 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Cumbria, UK
  • Also known as: “Helsington (civil parish), Cumbria” and “Helsington, Cumbria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alavana and Kendal College.

Archaeological site
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was a name tentatively applied to the ruins of a Roman fort at Watercrook about 2 mi south of in , for which the Roman name Medibogdo is a perfect fit to its river-bend position.

College
is a further education college situated in on the edge of the National Park. The college provides a range of training and education programmes, including Further Education, Higher Education and training courses to support local employers, as well as more diverse work such as hospitality consultancy for Cambridge University.

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is a medieval fortification to the east of the town of , , in northern England. The castle, which is atop a glacial drumlin, was built in the 13th century as the Caput baroniae for the Barony of Kendal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendal and Oxenholme.

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, in , is a market town of 29,000 inhabitants. It describes itself as "The Gateway to the Lakes". is a picturesque, moderate sized town with plenty of shopping and surprisingly little tourist activity.

Village
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is a hamlet in the area of , England. It is in the historic county of and is part of the civil parish of , and lies just to the south east of the town.

Hamlet
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is a village in , England. is situated 2 miles southeast of Helsington.

Helsington

Latitude
54.31287° or 54° 18′ 46″ north
Longitude
-2.75086° or 2° 45′ 3″ west
Population
276
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
9C6V867X+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5428772818
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6693659
Wiki­data ID
Q2517570
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Helsington” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Helsington (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Helsington”
  • Chinese: “Helsington”
  • Dutch: “Helsington”
  • French: “Helsington”
  • Irish: “Helsington”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Helsington”
  • Polish: “Helsington”
  • Swedish: “Helsington”
  • Turkish: “Helsington”
  • “Helsington”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Watercrook and Kirkbarrow.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scroggs Wood and Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School.

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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 “Helsington”. Photo: George Hopkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.