| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.7165°N -2.673°W |
| Official Name: | Little Salkeld |
| Static Image: | Little Salkeld Flour Mill - geograph.org.uk - 50094.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Little Salkeld Flour Mill |
| Static Image 2 Name: | Little salkeld.JPG |
| Static Image 2 Caption: | General view of village |
| Civil Parish: | Hunsonby |
| Shire District: | Eden |
| Shire County: | Cumbria |
| Region: | North West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Penrith and The Border |
| Post Town: | PENRITH |
| Postcode District: | CA10 |
| Postcode Area: | CA |
| Dial Code: | 01768 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NY566359 |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Eden |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Eden, Cumbria |
Little Salkeld is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hunsonby, in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 91.[1]
The manor at Little Salkeld was confirmed by King Edward I in 1292. It is believed to be the original home of the Salkeld family of landowners.
Little Salkeld was formerly a township in Addingham parish,[2] from 1866 Little Salkeld was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged with Hunsonby and Winskill to create Hunsonby.[3]
Little Salkeld Watermill, built in 1745, is a traditional English 18th-century water mill.[4] [5]
Salkeld Hall is the village's largest house; built in the 16th century incorporating earlier walls.[6] It is privately owned.
The village contains a vicarage but no church - it was built for Addingham parish church one mile to the north near Glassonby.
Popular with walkers – it is the closest village to Lacy's Caves and Long Meg and Her Daughters.
Little Salkeld can be reached by car 1½ miles from Langwathby off the A686, approximately 6 miles from M6 J40.
It lies on the C2C Cycle Route.
Little Salkeld railway station on the Settle-Carlisle Railway and branch line to the Long Meg Mine were both closed in the 1970s, although the disused platforms still remain and the station building is well maintained as a private house. The closest station is . In 1918 the Little Salkeld rail accident in nearby Long Meg Cutting killed seven people. A second accident occurred at the station in 1933, which resulted in the death of one railwayman and injuries to a further five members of railway staff and thirty passengers.
The village is believed to have been connected at one time by a bridge over the River Eden to Great Salkeld.