Blindcrake

Blindcrake
Clints Crag above Blindcrake
Blindcrake is located in the former Allerdale Borough
Blindcrake
Blindcrake
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Blindcrake is located in Cumbria
Blindcrake
Blindcrake
Location within Cumbria
Population348 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceNY 14830 34771
Civil parish
  • Blindcrake
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOCKERMOUTH
Postcode districtCA13
Dialling code01900
016973
017687
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Cumbria
54°41′46″N 3°18′00″W / 54.696°N 3.300°W / 54.696; -3.300

Blindcrake is a village and civil parish within the Isel Valley, in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 287, increasing to 348 at the 2011 Census.[1] The parish includes Blindcrake village and the hamlets of Redmain, Isel and Sunderland.

Blindcrake village is one of 23 designated conservation areas of the National Park Planning Authority.[2] this status is largely based on its mediaeval strip field pattern which is described as "undoubtedly the finest example of its type in the Lake District".[3]

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Blindcrake".
  3. ^ CBA Associates, Lake District National Park – Landscape Character Assessment, Lake District National Park Authority, 2008