Broughton Cross

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Broughton Cross
Cumberland
The road through Broughton Cross (geograph 4248128).jpg
The road through Broughton Cross
Location
Grid reference: NY075302
Location: 54°39’32"N, 3°25’59"W
Data
Post town: Cockermouth
Postcode: CA13
Dialling code: 01900
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Workington

Broughton Cross is a hamlet in Cumberland, on the south side of the River Derwent, along the A66 Keswick to Workington road, once the main road and now a bypass.

The village is to be found three miles west of Cockermouth, south of Great Broughton (across the river) and beside Brigham.

Broughton Cross railway station opened on 28 April 1847 and closed on 2 March 1942.

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