- Murton, Cumbria
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Coordinates: 54°35′24″N 2°24′40″W / 54.590°N 2.411°W
Murton 
Murton Pike
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Murton shown within CumbriaPopulation 330 (2001) OS grid reference NY7221 Parish Murton District Eden Shire county Cumbria Region North West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND Postcode district CA16 Dialling code 01768 Police Cumbria Fire Cumbria Ambulance North West EU Parliament North West England UK Parliament Penrith and The Border List of places: UK • England • Cumbria Murton is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 330.[1] Settlements within the parish include the villages of Hilton, Langton, and Brackenber. The town of Appleby-in-Westmorland is to the south west.
Murton Pike, to the north, is 594 metres (1,949 ft) high and a triangulation point[2], it is a south westerly outlyer of Murton Fell, which rises to over 670 metres (2,200 ft) at two points.[3] Parts of Murton Fell lie within the Warcop Army Training area.[4]
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Eden Retrieved 26 October 2010
- ^ Murton Pike 54°36′07″N 2°24′41″W / 54.602052°N 2.411299°W
- ^ Murton Fell 54°37′02″N 2°22′53″W / 54.617101°N 2.381473°W
- ^ Walking in the North Pennines , Paddy Dillon , 1991 , "Warcop Range Section" , pp.71-82 google books preview
External links
- The Pennine Villages of the Eden Valley, and the North Pennines www.visitcumbria.com
Ceremonial county of Cumbria Cumbria Portal Boroughs or districts City of Carlisle • Borough of Allerdale • Borough of Barrow-in-Furness • Borough of Copeland • District of Eden • District of South LakelandMajor settlements Alston • Ambleside • Appleby-in-Westmorland • Aspatria • Barrow-in-Furness • Bowness-on-Windermere • Brampton • Broughton-in-Furness • Carlisle • Cleator Moor • Cockermouth • Dalton-in-Furness • Egremont • Grange-over-Sands • Harrington • Kendal • Keswick • Kirkby Lonsdale • Kirkby Stephen • Longtown • Maryport • Millom • Penrith • Sedbergh • Silloth • Ulverston • Whitehaven • Wigton • Windermere • Workington
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