Cumbria

Cumbria is a county in England. It is in the very north-western part of England on the border with Scotland. The most important and biggest town is Carlisle, in the north of the county. This is the county town and there is an ancient (very old) castle in the centre of the town.

Cumbria
Geography
Status	Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Origin	1974
Region	North West England
Area - Total - Admin. council	Ranked 3rd 6,768 km2 (2,613 sq mi) Ranked 2nd
Admin HQ	Carlisle
ISO 3166-2	GB-CMA
ONS code	16
NUTS 3	UKD11/12
Demography
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council	Ranked 41st 498,800 73/km2 (190/sq mi) Ranked 27th
Ethnicity	97.5% White British
Politics
Cumbria County Council http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/
Executive	Conservative / Liberal Democrats
Members of Parliament	Tony Cunningham Tim Farron Robbie Dee David Maclean Eric Martlew Jamie Reed
Districts
File:CumbriaNumbered.png Barrow-in-Furness South Lakeland Copeland Allerdale Eden Carlisle

In 1974, Cumberland, Westmorland and bits of Yorkshire and Lancashire were put into the new county of Cumbria. The world famous Lake District national park is in Cumbria. Millions of tourists visit the Lake District to enjoy sailing on the lakes and the impressive mountains that are here. The highest mountain in England is in the Lake District, it is called Scafell Pike.

Cumbria is very popular with people who enjoy walking although the weather is very poor here. It often rains and is cold. Many tourists from Japan and China visit Cumbria. Popular places for them and other tourists to see are the poet William Wordsworth's two houses, the home of the famous children's writer Beatrix Potter and the island and lake where the writer Arthur Ransome based his books about the 'Swallows And Amazons'.

Cumbria Media

• Cumbria numbered districts 2023.svg

  Cumbria numbered districts 2023

• Castlerigg2.JPG

  The Castlerigg stone circle dates from the late Neolithic age and was constructed by some of the earliest inhabitants of Cumbria

• Historic counties within Cumbria.svg

  The historic counties shown within Cumbria*

    Boundary of Cumbria

  *     Historic Cumberland*     Historic Westmorland*     Historic Lancashire*     West Riding of Yorkshire
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  Topographic map of Cumbria

• High Cup Nick.jpg

  High Cup Nick, in the North Pennines

• DDH, Barrow-in-Furness.jpg

  BAE Systems Submarine Solutions in Barrow-in-Furness has a workforce of around 14,500 people

• Whinlatter Forest Park Sign.jpg

  The entrance to Whinlatter Forest Park

• Way in - geograph.org.uk - 406894.jpg

  Way in Owned by the National Trust, Sizergh Castle is entered on the north west side by visitors

• Muncaster Castle morris edited.jpg

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• Skiddaw Building, University of Cumbria - geograph.org.uk - 715574.jpg

  The University of Cumbria's Fusehill Campus in Carlisle

Other websites

Media related to Cumbria at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Tourist Board Website Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Cumbria Tourist and Historical Website Archived 2013-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
• BBC Cumbria Digital Lives Project
• Cumbria.uk.com Search Engine
• The Cumbria Directory