Thornthwaite

This article is about the village in Cumbria, England. For other uses, see Thornthwaite (disambiguation).
Thornthwaite

St. Mary's Church, Thornthwaite
Thornthwaite
 Thornthwaite shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY222254
Civil parishAbove Derwent
DistrictAllerdale
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town KESWICK
Postcode district CA12
Dialling code 017687
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentCopeland
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°37′05″N 3°12′14″W / 54.618133°N 3.203974°W / 54.618133; -3.203974

Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. It is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) by road from Keswick.[1]

For administrative purposes, Thornthwaite lies within the civil parish of Above Derwent, the district of Allerdale, and the county of Cumbria. It is within the Copeland constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament, and the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-20.


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