Distington
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Distington () is a large village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, south of Workington and north of Whitehaven. Historically a part of Cumberland, the civil parish includes the nearby settlements of Common End, Gilgarran and Pica. The parish had a population of 2,247 in the 2001 census, increasing slightly to 2,256 at the 2011 census.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Distington is referenced by 34 other articles, and connects out to Office for National Statistics, list of Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom and England.
It sits within the topics Civil parishes in Cumbria, Cumberland (unitary authority) and Villages in Cumbria.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Harrington
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,445
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Distington
- UK place.population
- 2,256
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Distington
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Whitehaven and Workington
- UK place.post_town
- WORKINGTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- CA14
- UK place.postcode_area
- CA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01946
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY0023
- UK place.static_image
- The Church of the Holy Spirit, Distington - geograph.org.uk - 475406.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Church of the Holy Spirit, Distington
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Copeland
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Copeland Borough
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Copeland
- Population
- 2256
- Image
- The Church of the Holy Spirit, Distington - geograph.org.uk - 475406.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01946
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- Commons category
- Distington
- postal code
- CA14
- OS grid reference
- NY006234
- historic county
- Cumberland
- P8168
- Peloponnese Region
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Distington () is a large village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, south of Workington and north of Whitehaven. Historically a part of Cumberland, the civil parish includes the nearby settlements of Common End, Gilgarran and Pica. The parish had a population of 2,247 in the 2001 census, increasing slightly to 2,256 at the 2011 census.
South of the village by the Lowca Beck are the fragmentary remains of Hayes Castle, a manor house fortified by Robert de Leyburn in 1322.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Distington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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