Orton

Orton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It lies 15 miles south of Penrith, 8 miles from Appleby-in-Westmorland and 1.5 miles from the M6 motorway.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sunbiggin Tarn.

Sunbiggin Tarn

Photo: John H Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sunbiggin Tarn is a tarn near Sunbiggin in Cumbria. It is in a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes the surrounding moorland and limestone pavement of Little Asby Scar. Sunbiggin Tarn is situated 2½ miles northeast of Orton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tebay and Bowderdale.

Tebay

Village

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tebay is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic borders of Westmorland. It lies in the upper Lune Valley, at the head of the Lune Gorge. Tebay is situated 2½ miles west of Orton.

Bowderdale

Hamlet

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowderdale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, 6 miles southwest of Kirkby Stephen. It is also the name of a dale in the Howgill Fells, the valley of Bowderdale Beck which rises on the western slopes of Yarlside and flows 5 miles north to join the River Lune below the village of Bowderdale.

Newbiggin-on-Lune

Village

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newbiggin-on-Lune is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland it is about 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen, and lies on the main A685 route from Brough to Tebay. Newbiggin-on-Lune is situated 3 miles east of Orton.

Orton

Type: Locality
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4279° or 54° 25′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.5295° or 2° 31′ 46″ west

Elevation

925 feet (282 metres)

Open location code

9C6VCFHC+55

GeoNames ID

7293208

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