Great Orton is a village in the parish of Orton, in the City of Carlisle District, in the English county of Cumbria.
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It is located about five miles away from the small city of Carlisle.
Great Orton has a primary school, a pub, a post office, and a place of worship.
Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the villages of Thursby, Little Orton, Kirkbampton, Thurstonfield, Moorhouse, Wiggonby and the hamlet of Orton Rigg.
For transport there is the B5307 road, the A595 road and the A596 road. There is also the Carlisle railway station about three miles away, which is on the Settle-Carlisle Line.