Great Orton

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Great Orton
Cumberland

St. Giles' Church, Great Orton
Location
Grid reference: NY328542
Location: 54°52’41"N, 3°2’49"W
Data
Population: 453  (2011)
Post town: Carlisle
Postcode: CA5
Dialling code: 01228
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Carlisle

Great Orton is a village in the parish of Orton near Carlisle, in Cumberland. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was just 453.

Great Orton is about five miles west of Carlisle.

About the village

Great Orton has a primary school with nursery, a pub (the Wellington), a church (St Giles), a village hall and a butcher's shop (R J Mulholland). There is a village hall which hosts events.

Nearby villages include Thursby, Little Orton, Kirkbampton, Thurstonfield, Moorhouse, Wiggonby and the hamlet of Orton Rigg.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Great Orton)

References