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Bampton Village Store and Post Office |
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Bampton
Bampton shown within Cumbria |
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| Population | 283 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | NY5118 |
| Parish | Bampton |
| District | Eden |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PENRITH |
| Postcode district | CA10 |
| Dialling code | 01931 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Penrith and the Border |
| List of places: UK • England • Cumbria | |
Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The parish had a population of 283 according to the 2001 census. The parish includes the villages of Bampton and Bampton Grange.
Until 2005 Bampton had a village school, which closed due to lack of children.
The village of Bampton centres around Bampton Village Store Bed & Breakfast, the Mardale Inn, garage and caravan site.
Also within the village is the traditional red telephone box used in the 1980s cult classic movie Withnail & I. In February 2009, Sebastian Hindley, the landlord of the Mardale Inn purchased nearby Sleddale Hall which features in the movie as 'Uncle Monty's Cottage'.
There is a book called "Ploughing in Latin" that has been written about Bampton.
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