OS grid reference NY555252 Post town PENRITH Dialling code 01931 | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district CA10 | |
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Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther within the Eden District in the county of Cumbria. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn.
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Map of Melkinthorpe, Penrith, UK
Geography and general description
Places of interest in the village include Larch Cottage nurseries in the hamlet and Red Barn Gallery. Nearby Abbot Lodge Jersey ice cream farm, is about half a mile away to the southwest, and Wetheriggs County Pottery, about a mile away northwards. There is also a wood called Melkinthorpe Wood to the southeast, Melkinthorpe Hall which was built in the 16th century was demolished in the 19th century., The River Leith flows past the southern edge of the village.
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Melkinthorpe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA