| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Pastures, Melkinthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 900501.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Pastures, Melkinthorpe |
| Coordinates: | 54.62°N -2.689°W |
| Official Name: | Melkinthorpe |
| Civil Parish: | Lowther |
| 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: | 01931 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NY555252 |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Eden |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Eden, Cumbria |
Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther, in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn. Circa 1870, it had a population of 99 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.[1]
Places of interest in the village include Larch Cottage nurseries in the hamlet[2] and Red Barn Gallery.[3] Nearby Abbot Lodge Jersey ice cream farm,[4] is about half a mile away to the southwest, and Wetheriggs County Pottery, now re-located to County Durham, was about a mile away northwards. There is also a wood called Melkinthorpe Wood to the southeast. Melkinthorpe Hall, which was built in the 16th century, was demolished in the 19th century.[5] The River Leith flows past the southern edge of the village.