Cumbria is a ceromonial county in the North West of England, boasting some of the most beautiful scenery in the United Kingdom.
It contains the Lake District National Park, about one quarter of which is owned and managed by the National Trust.
It also contains a small part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Cumbria incorporates the famously scenic Lake District, which includes Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain at 978 metres.
Other notable mountains include Helvellyn, Coniston Old Man and Skiddaw.
Cumbria and the Lake District is also home to England's longest lake, Windermere (17 kilometres in length).
The region was popularised in the early 19th Century by the 'Lake Poets' (Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey).
Principal urban centres are Whitehaven and Workington (both are ports), Penrith, Keswick, Kendal, Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness.
The main western railway to Scotland passes through Penrith and Carlisle, and a major English motorway (the M6) runs from the south side of Birmingham up as far as Carlisle.
Cumbria was formed in 1974 from the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, covering over 6,808 square kilometres, and a population of approximately 491,000.
The county council was divided into six districts or boroughs, and this category contains subcategories with links to the localities within these areas.
- However by the 2020s, Cumbria succumbed to the pressure to become two unitary authorities.
- The old names of Cumberland and Westmorland were restored with largely similar areas.
- Cumberland includes Allerdale, Carlisle City and Copeland.
- Westmorland and Furness includes the remaining three:
- Barrow and Dalton-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland.
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