Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Wilton - geograph.org.uk - 285040.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Wilton |
Coordinates: | 54.485°N -3.487°W |
Official Name: | Wilton |
Civil Parish: | Haile |
Shire District: | Copeland |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Copeland |
Post Town: | EGREMONT |
Postcode District: | CA22 |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Dial Code: | 01946 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY036110 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Copeland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Copeland Borough |
Wilton is a hamlet in the Copeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the small town of Egremont. In 1870-72 it had a population of 253.[1] It was one of the sites involved in a 2010 shooting spree spanning Cumbria, when 52-year-old Derrick Bird shot several residents of Wilton, killing a couple.