Asby, Copeland Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:South road entrance to Asby - geograph.org.uk - 79463.jpg
Static Image Caption:Asby
Coordinates:54.57°N -3.452°W
Official Name:Asby
Civil Parish:Arlecdon and Frizington
Shire District:Copeland
Shire County:Cumbria
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Copeland
Post Town:FRIZINGTON
Postcode District:CA26
Postcode Area:CA
Dial Code:01946
Os Grid Reference:NY0620
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Copeland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Copeland Borough

Asby is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.

Location

It lies by road 7.5miles east of Whitehaven, 35.1miles south-west of Carlisle and 47.4miles to the north of Barrow-in-Furness.

Governance

Asby is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.

For the European Parliament residents in Asby voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency, before Brexit in 2020.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Arlecdon + Ennerdale ward of the Borough of Copeland and the Cleator Moor East + Frizington ward of Cumbria County Council.

Asby has its own Parish Council; Arlecdon & Frizington Parish Council, the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington, has a population of 3,678,[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790348 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Copeland