Bampton, Cumbria
| Bampton | |
 Bampton Village Store and Post Office |
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  Bampton Bampton shown within Cumbria | |
| Population | 283 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | NY5118 |
| Civil 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 |
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.
Haweswater Beck arises as a stream discharge from Haweswater Reservoir and flows eastward, just north of Firth Woods, and then turns north to join the River Lowther between Bampton and Bampton Grange.
The village of Bampton centres on 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.
There is a book called Ploughing in Latin that has been written about Bampton.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bampton, Cumbria. |
- Cumbria County History Trust: Bampton (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
- Bampton Parish web site
- Bampton and District History Society
- Bampton
- The Mardale Inn
- Bampton Village Store Bed & Breakfast