Static Image Name: | Blands - geograph.org.uk - 595529.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Blands |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.57°N -2.674°W |
Official Name: | Little Strickland |
Population: | 66 |
Population Ref: | (2001) |
Civil Parish: | Little Strickland |
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: | 01279 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY5619 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Eden |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Eden, Cumbria |
Little Strickland is a small village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is about 7miles from Penrith and 8miles from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. The village has one place of worship and a telephone box. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Great Strickland. On 1 April 2019 Thrimby parish was merged with Little Strickland.[1]
The village lies 0.5miles from the A6 road and the M6 motorway is also about 0.5miles away, but there is no motorway access point for about 4miles.
Nearby settlements include Penrith, Appleby-in-Westmorland, the villages of Great Strickland, Newby, Hackthorpe, Sleagill and Shap and the hamlets of Thrimby and Sweetholme.