Plumbland

Plumbland
Plumbland
	St. Cuthbert's Church, Plumbland
	Plumbland Location in Allerdale Plumbland Location within Cumbria
Population	341 (2011)
OS grid reference	NY149391
Civil parish	Plumbland;
Unitary authority	Cumberland;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	016973
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°44′24″N 3°19′16″W / 54.740°N 3.321°W

Plumbland is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonail county of Cumbria, England. Situated towards the north west corner of the county, it is two miles from the outskirts of the Lake District National Park which is considered to be an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish includes the hamlets of Threapland, Parsonby and Arkleby. In 2011 the parish had a population of 341.

Governance

Plumbland was previously part of the Workington constituency of the UK parliament but in the boundary changes of 2023 was moved to the new constituency of Penrith and Solway. In the General Election of 2024, Markus Campbell-Savours was returned as its first MP.

The village also has its own Parish Council jointly with nearby Parsonby; Plumbland Parish Council.^[2]

For the European Parliament residents in Plumbland voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.

Cumbria County History Trust: Plumbland (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

Media related to Plumbland at Wikimedia Commons

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