Towns & cities · North East England
Thrimby
Thrimby — village and former civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Thrimby is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 30 people. Address: CA10. Wikidata describes it as: "village and former civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK". Coordinates: 54.5780°, -2.6900°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Eden and Tributaries SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Thrimby is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Little Strickland, in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Thrimby was 30. The population measured at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Great Strickland. It has a Grade 2* farmhouse called Thrimby Hall, as seen in series 4 of the BBC Two fly-on-the-wall farming documentary "This Farming Life".
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Background
History
Thrimby was a chapelry with 2 townships within Morland parish. It became a civil parish in 1866. On 1 April 2019 the parish was merged with Little Strickland. On 23 October 1970, the nine-mile Tebay to Thrimby section of the M6 was opened, built by Christiani-Shand. The section terminated on the A6. The next junction further north would be at Penrith (A66).
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- Coordinates
- 54.5780, -2.6900
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Little Strickland
- Postcode
- CA10
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Population
- 30
Sources
- wikidata: Q1874032 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Thrimby (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Out Scar - geograph.org.uk - 549743.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thrimby?
- Thrimby is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA10), in the parish of Little Strickland.
- Is Thrimby a protected site?
- Yes — Thrimby is part of the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Thrimby free to visit?
- Yes, Thrimby is free to enter.
- How do I get to Thrimby?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CA10. It sits within the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency.