Static Image Name: | Meathop farmland - geograph.org.uk - 1406337.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Farmland near Meathop |
Official Name: | Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha |
Country: | England |
Region: | North West England |
Os Grid Reference: | SD4380 |
Coordinates: | 54.22°N -2.863°W |
Population: | 653 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Civil Parish: | Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha |
Shire District: | South Lakeland |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Constituency Westminster: | Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Post Town: | GRANGE OVER SANDS |
Postcode District: | LA11 |
Postcode Area: | LA |
Dial Code: | 015395 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom South Lakeland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Lakeland |
Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. Historically in Westmorland, it is located 3.6miles north east of Grange-over-Sands and 10.6miles south west of Kendal, between the confluence of the River Kent estuary and the River Winster. It was created following the amalgamation of former civil parishes Witherslack and Meathop and Ulpha on 1 April 2015.[1] In 2011 there was a total population of 653. It includes the villages of Witherslack and Meathop.