Helsington

Helsington
Sizergh Castle
Helsington Location within Cumbria
Population	308 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SD4889
Civil parish	Helsington
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KENDAL
Postcode district	LA8–LA9
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°17′56″N 2°48′04″W / 54.299°N 2.801°W / 54.299; -2.801

Helsington is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the village of Brigsteer and Sizergh Castle and Garden, a property owned by the National Trust. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 288,^[2] increasing at the 2011 census to 308.^[1]

Significant Roman artefacts have been discovered in the north of the parish close to the ruined fort at Watercrook, Alavana.^[3]