Wharton

Wharton is a civil parish near Kirkby Stephen in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It was historically part of Westmorland. It has a population of 31.

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Type: Locality with 41 residents
Description: civil parish in Eden, Cumbria, England
Also known as: “Wharton (civil parish), Cumbria” and “Wharton, Cumbria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendragon Castle and Kirkby Stephen railway station.

Pendragon Castle

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Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, south of Kirkby Stephen, and close to the hamlet of Outhgill. It stands above a bend in the River Eden, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge to the east.

Kirkby Stephen railway station

Railway station

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Kirkby Stephen is a railway station in Cumbria, England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station is situated 1.5 miles south-west of the market town of Kirkby Stephen, just within the civil parish of Wharton, and also serves the nearby villages of Newbiggin-on-Lune and Ravenstonedale.

Lammerside Castle

Ruins

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Lammerside Castle is a Grade II listed Medieval tower house in Wharton, Cumbria, England which has partial ruins existing today.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkby Stephen and Ravenstonedale.

Kirkby Stephen

Town

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Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. Kirkby Stephen is situated 3 miles north of Wharton.

Ravenstonedale

Village

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Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen. Ravenstonedale is situated 3 miles west of Wharton.

Mallerstang

Hamlet

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Mallerstang is a civil parish in the extreme east of Cumbria, and, geographically, a dale at the head of the upper Eden Valley. Originally part of Westmorland, it lies about 6 miles south of the nearest town, Kirkby Stephen. Mallerstang is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wharton.

Wharton

Category: civil parish
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4286° or 54° 25′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.3616° or 2° 21′ 42″ west

Population

Elevation

1,047 feet (319 metres)

Open location code

9C6VCJHQ+C9

GeoNames ID

7291155

Wikidata ID

Q2541813

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Wharton” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Wharton (parokya)”
Cebuano: “Wharton”
Chinese: “Wharton”
Dutch: “Wharton”
French: “Wharton”
Irish: “Wharton”
Min Nan Chinese: “Wharton (Cumbria)”
Polish: “Wharton”
Swedish: “Wharton, Cumbria”
Swedish: “Wharton”
Turkish: “Wharton, Cumbria”
“Wharton”

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