North West England
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Westmorland & Furness

Penrith

Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the district of , England. It is less than 3 miles outside the and about 17 miles south of .
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  • Type: Town with 15,200 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Penreth, Penred”, “Penrith, Cumbria”, and “Perith”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penrith Castle and Penrith Town Hall.

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is a now-ruined medieval castle located in Penrith, in the of England, a few miles to the east of the Lake District National Park.

Town hall
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is a municipal building in Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria, England. The structure, which was the headquarters of Eden District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Railway station
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Penrith North Lakes is a railway station on the West Coast Main Line, which runs between and Glasgow Central. Situated 17 miles 69 chains south of Carlisle, it serves the market town of Penrith, in , , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eamont Bridge and Stainton.

Village
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is a small village immediately to the south of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The village is named after over the and straddles the boundary between the historic counties of Cumberland and .

Village
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is a village near the A66, in the parish of , in the district, in the English county of . It is a few miles away from the market town of Penrith. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Penrith.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the civil parish of , in the district, in the English county of .

Penrith

Latitude
54.6639° or 54° 39′ 50″ north
Longitude
-2.7522° or 2° 45′ 8″ west
Population
15,200
Elevation
479 feet (146 metres)
IATA airport code
XPF
United Nations Location Code
GB PNR
Open location code
9C6VM67X+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 237674594
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640416
Wiki­data ID
Q798906
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Penrith” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Penrith”
  • Basque: “Penrith (Cumbria)”
  • Basque: “Penrith”
  • Bengali: “পেনরিথ”
  • Breton: “Penrith (Cumbria)”
  • Breton: “Penrith”
  • Bulgarian: “Пенрит”
  • Catalan: “Penrith”
  • Cebuano: “Penrith”
  • Chinese: “彭里斯”
  • Danish: “Penrith”
  • Dutch: “Penrith”
  • French: “Penrith”
  • German: “Penrith”
  • Gujarati: “પેનરિથ”
  • Hungarian: “Penrith”
  • Irish: “Penrith, Cumbria”
  • Irish: “Píoraid”
  • Italian: “Penrith”
  • Japanese: “ケンリス”
  • Japanese: “ペンリス (カンブリア)”
  • Japanese: “ペンリス (カンブリア州)”
  • Japanese: “ペンリス”
  • Kannada: “ಪೆನ್ರಿತ್”
  • Korean: “펜리스”
  • Ladin: “Penrith”
  • Latin: “Voreda”
  • Lithuanian: “Penritas”
  • Macedonian: “Пенрит”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Penrith”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penrith i Cumbria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penrith i England”
  • Norwegian: “Penrith”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Penriþ”
  • Persian: “پنریث، کامبریا”
  • Polish: “Penrith”
  • Portuguese: “Penrith”
  • Romanian: “Penrith, Cumbria”
  • Romanian: “Penrith”
  • Russian: “Пенрит (Великобритания)”
  • Russian: “Пенрит”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Broken/Pìoraid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Penrith”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Pioraid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Pìoraid”
  • Slovenian: “Penrith”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پنریث، کامبریا”
  • Spanish: “Penrith”
  • Swedish: “Penrith”
  • Tamil: “பென்றித்”
  • Telugu: “పెన్రిత్”
  • Turkish: “Penrith, Cumbria”
  • Ukrainian: “Пенріт”
  • Urdu: “پینریتھ، کامبریا”
  • Urdu: “پینریتھ”
  • Volapük: “Penrith”
  • Welsh: “Penrith, Cumbria”
  • Welsh: “Penrith”
  • “Penrith”

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