Westnewton
Westnewton is a small village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. The 2011 census had a population of 265. The village of Westnewton is situated to the north-west of the Lake District, on the relatively flat plain halfway between the Lake District hills and the Solway Firth.Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 237 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Westnewton, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Matthew and Aspatria railway station.
Aspatria railway station
Railway station
Photo: The Carlisle Kid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aspatria railway station is a railway station serving the town of Aspatria in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Aspatria railway station is situated 2 miles south of Westnewton.
St Kentigern’s Church, Aspatria
Church
Photo: The Carlisle Kid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Kentigern's Church stands in the village of Aspatria, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the rural deanery of Maryport, the archdeaconry of Carlisle and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yearngill and New Cowper.
Yearngill
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yearngill is a small former farming hamlet,surrounded by countryside & with rolling hills, located in the English county of Cumbria. Yearngill is located less than a mile southeast of the village of Westnewton.
New Cowper
Village
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Cowper is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, England. It is located three-and-a-half miles south-east of the village of Mawbray, one-and-a-half miles north-west of Westnewton, and twenty-one-and-a-half miles south-west of Carlisle, Cumbria's county town.
Mealrigg
Locality
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Mealrigg is a settlement in the civil parish of Westnewton, close to the boundary with the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, England. Mealrigg is situated one mile north-west of Westnewton, a quarter-of-a-mile east of New Cowper, and half-a-mile south of Aikshaw.
Westnewton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Westnewton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.78358° or 54° 47′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.34719° or 3° 20′ 50″ westPopulation
237Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C6RQMM3+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 29270518OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263461Wikidata ID
Q2792703
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Westnewton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Westnewton”
- Chinese: “Westnewton”
- Dutch: “Westnewton”
- French: “Westnewton”
- Irish: “Westnewton”
- Italian: “Westnewton (Cumbria)”
- Italian: “Westnewton”
- Ladin: “Westnewton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Westnewton”
- Persian: “وستنیوتون، کامبریا”
- Polish: “Westnewton”
- Swedish: “Westnewton”
- Turkish: “Westnewton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Westnewton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Westnewton”
- “Westnewton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Westnewton Village Hall and St Matthew’s CofE School.
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