Westnewton (Cumbria)

Westnewton est un village et une paroisse civile de Cumbria, situé dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre.

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Westnewton, Cumbria

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. It is a small village located two miles north of Aspatria, on the B5301 Aspatria and Silloth road. The small hamlet of New Cowper is located one-and-a-half miles to the north-west. The landscape generally in this area is one of gently undulating fields, relatively devoid of features other than the thorn field-hedges, with shallow valleys carrying small streams, such as the Black Dub beck. Westnewton has a school called St Matthew's Church of England School, a church called St Matthew's Church, and a cemetery. There used to be a public house called the Swan Inn but this has closed.

Yearngill

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. It is also located near the Civil Parish of Aspatria

Mealrigg

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. Other nearby settlements include Jericho, Tarns, and Langrigg. Historically, Mealrigg formed part of the township of Langrigg and Mealrigg.

New Cowper

New Cowper (pronounced and occasionally written New Cooper) 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.

Aikshaw

Aikshaw is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, England. It is located approximately one-and-a-half miles north-west of the village of Westnewton, and three miles east of the village of Mawbray. Jericho is located approximately one mile to the east, with Edderside approximately a mile further to the south-east. Mealrigg is located half-a-mile to the south. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is located approximately twenty-two-and-a-half miles to the north-west. Aikshaw lies on the B5301 road, which runs from Silloth-on-Solway in the east via Tarns, Westnewton, and Aspatria to the A595 between Cockermouth and Bothel.