Thornthwaite

This article is about the village in Cumbria, England. For other uses, see Thornthwaite (disambiguation).
Thornthwaite
Thornthwaite
 Thornthwaite shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY222254
Civil parishAbove Derwent
DistrictAllerdale
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentWorkington
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°37′05″N 3°12′14″W / 54.618133°N 3.203974°W

Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. It is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) by road from Keswick.[1]

For administrative purposes, Thornthwaite lies within the civil parish of Above Derwent, the district of Allerdale, and the county of Cumbria. It is within the Workington constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament, and the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-20.