page_title: Cumbria
section_title: Places of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Cumbria / Places of interest
caption_attribution_description: Furness Abbey
context_page_description: Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's county town is Carlisle, in the north of the county; the only other major urban area is Barrow-in-Furness on the south-western tip of the county.
  The county of Cumbria consists of six districts and, in 2019, had a population of just over 500,000 people. Cumbria is one of the most sparsely populated counties in England, with 73.4 people per km².
  Cumbria is the third largest county in England by area. It is bounded to the north by the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders; to the west by the Irish Sea; to the south by Lancashire; to the south-east by North Yorkshire; and to the east by County Durham and Northumberland.
  Cumbria is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site considered one of England's finest areas of natural beauty, serving as inspiration for artists, writers, and musicians.
context_section_description: Abbot Hall Art Gallery 
  Appleby Castle 
  Appleby Horse Fair (Gypsy fair)
  Armitt Museum and Library, Ambleside
  Bassenthwaite Lake
  Bewcastle
  Black Combe
  Blackwell 
  Brantwood 
  Brough Castle  
  Brougham Castle  
  Brougham Hall
  Broughton in Furness
  Brougham Castle
  Buttermere
  Cartmel Priory 
  Carlisle Castle  
  Carlisle Cathedral 
  Castlerigg Stone Circle
  Church of St Olaf, Wasdale
  Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk
  Cockermouth, "Gem" Town
  Coniston Water
  Crummock Water
  Cumbria Coastal Way long distance footpath
  Cumbria Way long distance footpath
  Dales Way long distance footpath
  Dalton Castle  
  Derwent Water
  Dock Museum 
  Dove Cottage
  Egremont Castle  
  Eden Valley Railway
  Ennerdale Water
  Eskdale
  Fell Foot Park 
  Firbank Fell
  Fisher Tarn Reservoir
  Furness
  Furness Abbey 
  Grange-Over-Sands
  Haig Colliery Mining Museum 
  Harrison Stickle
  Hadrian's Wall
  Hartley Castle
  Haweswater
  Hawkshead Grammar School Museum
  Hill Top
  Hoad Monument
  Hodbarrow Nature Reserve
  Holker Hall 
  Kendal Castle  
  Kentmere
  Killington Reservoir
  Kirkby Lonsdale
  Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway 
  Langwathby railway station
  Windermere
  Lakeland Wildlife Oasis 
  Lanercost Priory 
  Laurel & Hardy Museum
  Levens Hall 
  Millom
  Millom Folk Museum 
  Muncaster Castle   
  Museum of Lakeland Life 
  National Nature Reserves in Cumbria
  Pennine Way long distance footpath
  Penrith Castle  
  Piel Island  
  Quaker tapestry
  Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway – heritage railway 
  Rey Cross
  Rheged
  Rydal Water
  Sea to Sea Cycle Route
  Seathwaite Tarn
  Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing Facility
  Silecroft
  Silloth on Solway
  Sizergh Castle & Garden  
  Skelton Transmitting Station (U.Ks. tallest structure)
  South Lakes Safari Zoo 
  St Bees
  St Bees Priory 
  St Bees Head
  Staveley
  Stott Park Bobbin Mill
  Swarthmoor Hall
  Thirlmere
  Ullswater
  Ulverston
  Vickerstown
  Wasdale Head
  Wast Water
  Whitehaven
  Whinfell Forest
  Windermere Steamboat Museum
caption: Furness Abbey
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