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Silloth
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Also known as Silloth-on-Solway

Silloth, or Silloth-on-Solway, is a port town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town stands on the coast of the Solway Firth, west of Carlisle. It was developed from the 1850s onwards around a new harbour, and also became a small seaside resort. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 2,749.

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UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Silloth
UK place.type
Town and parish
UK place.static_image_name
Criffel Street, Silloth.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Criffel Street, Silloth
UK place.population
2,749
UK place.population_ref
(Parish, 2021)
UK place.civil_parish
Silloth-on-Solway
UK place.unitary_england
Cumberland
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Cumbria
UK place.region
North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Penrith and Solway
UK place.post_town
WIGTON
UK place.postcode_district
CA7
UK place.postcode_area
CA
UK place.dial_code
016973
UK place.os_grid_reference
NY113536
UK place.local_name
Silloth-on-Solway

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Population
2749
Image
Criffel Street, Silloth.jpg
Dialing code
016973
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Commons category
Silloth
OS grid reference
NY113536
postal code
CA7
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24 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History
  • Governance
  • Administrative history
  • Demography
  • Churches
  • Industry
  • Port of Silloth
  • Carr's Flour Mill
  • Cheri Foam
  • Other
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Railway
  • Bus
  • Road
  • Sports
  • Silloth A.F.C.
  • Media
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Silloth, or Silloth-on-Solway, is a port town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town stands on the coast of the Solway Firth, west of Carlisle. It was developed from the 1850s onwards around a new harbour, and also became a small seaside resort. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 2,749.

==Toponymy== 'Silloth' means "'sea barn(s)', v. 'sǣ hlaða'." (The first word is Old English, the second is Old Norse).

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