Whinfell

Whinfell
Whinfell is located in Cumbria
Whinfell
Whinfell
Location within Cumbria
Civil parish
  • Whinfell
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°22′56″N 2°40′15″W / 54.3823°N 2.6707°W / 54.3823; -2.6707

Whinfell is a civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. It does not have a parish council but a parish meeting.[1] The parish lies north east of Kendal, between the A6 and the A685. The neighbouring parishes are Grayrigg to the east, Docker to the south, Skelsmergh to the south west, Selside and Fawcett Forest to the west, and Tebay in Eden District to the north.

In the 2001 census Whinfell had a population of 152,[2] increasing at the 2011 census to 186.[3]

There are nine grade II listed buildings or structures in the parish, including bridges, barns, houses and a limekiln.[4]

  1. ^ "Whinfell Parish Meeting". South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Whinfell Parish (16UG076)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Whinfell Parish (E04002659)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Advanced search". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 6 March 2016. Enter parish name to search