Mallerstang

Mallerstang
A steam train at Aisgill
on the Settle–Carlisle line
Mallerstang is located in Cumbria
Mallerstang
Mallerstang
Location within Cumbria
Population173 (2011 (including Wharton))[1]
OS grid referenceNY782015
Civil parish
  • Mallerstang
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode districtCA17
Dialling code01768
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°24′31″N 2°20′15″W / 54.40848°N 2.33737°W / 54.40848; -2.33737

Mallerstang is a civil parish in the extreme east of Cumbria, and, geographically, a dale at the head of the upper Eden Valley.[2] Originally part of Westmorland, it lies about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the nearest town, Kirkby Stephen. Its eastern edge, at Aisgill, borders on North Yorkshire; and since August 2016 it has been within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

At the 2011 census data for Wharton was included with Mallerstang, giving a total population of 173.[1]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Mallerstang Parish (E04002552)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ A. Wainwright, Wainwright in the Limestone Dales, Guild Publishing, 1991 (pages 16–19)