Silloth

Silloth
  • Silloth-on-Solway
Town and parish
Criffel Street, Silloth
Silloth is located in the former Allerdale Borough
Silloth
Silloth
Location in the former Allerdale district
Silloth is located in Cumbria
Silloth
Silloth
Location within Cumbria
Population2,906 (2011)
OS grid referenceNY113536
Civil parish
  • Silloth-on-Solway
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGTON
Postcode districtCA7
Dialling code016973
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°52′08″N 3°22′52″W / 54.869°N 3.381°W / 54.869; -3.381

Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. Historically in the county of Cumberland, the town is an example of a Victorian seaside resort in the North of England.

Silloth had a population of 2,932 at the 2001 Census,[1] falling slightly to 2,906 at the 2011 Census.[2]

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Allerdale Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 October 2010
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.