Hesket is a large civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in Eden District

Eden, Cumbria

Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle....

, Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It was formed in 1934 by a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....

 which merged the civil parishes of Hesket in the Forest and Plumpton Wall

Plumpton, Cumbria

Plumpton is a small village about north of Penrith, Cumbria.The village is made up of the former separate hamlets of Salkeld Gate and Brockleymoor and consists mainly of houses along a minor road connecting the A6 to the B5305 near Skelton and also a few houses and farms along the A6 itself.Close...

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Villages in the parish

Within the parish are the villages and hamlets of High Hesket

High Hesket

High Hesket is a village near the A6 road, in the parish of Hesket, in the Eden district, in the English county of Cumbria. The village was on the A6 road until it was by-passed.- References :Philip's Street Atlas Cumbria...

, Old Town, Low Hesket

Low Hesket

Low Hesket is a village in the English county of Cumbria.Low Hesket is located on the A6 road 8½ miles south of Carlisle, Cumbria. This is a former Roman road and a milestone from that era has been discovered there inscribedthat expands to Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius Felix...

, Aiketgate

Aiketgate

Aiketgate is a small village in the English county of Cumbria. It is within the civil parish of Hesket.-External links:...

, Armathwaite

Armathwaite

Armathwaite is a village in the English ceremonial county of Cumbria.Historically within the county of Cumberland, Armathwaite lies on the River Eden, forms part of Eden district and is served by Armathwaite railway station...

, Plumpton

Plumpton, Cumbria

Plumpton is a small village about north of Penrith, Cumbria.The village is made up of the former separate hamlets of Salkeld Gate and Brockleymoor and consists mainly of houses along a minor road connecting the A6 to the B5305 near Skelton and also a few houses and farms along the A6 itself.Close...

, Plumpton Street, Plumpton Foot, Ivegill

Ivegill

Ivegill is a small village in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. The village has one place of worship and a school. It is located on an unclassified road near Southwaite services which is on the M6 motorway. It takes its name from the River Ive which flows through the centre of the village...

 (part), Calthwaite

Calthwaite

Calthwaite is a small village in rural Cumbria, situated between the small market town of Penrith and the larger City of Carlisle. It is within of the civil parish of Hesket and the district of Eden, and has a population of around 100 people....

, Petteril Green, Southwaite

Southwaite

Southwaite is a small village in the parish of Hesket, in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria.- Location :It is located on a minor road about a mile and a half away from the A6 road and about a mile away from the M6 motorway which can be accessed from Southwaite services, which has...

, Morton

Morton, Eden

Morton is a hamlet near the village of Calthwaite, in the parish of Hesket, in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria....

 and Thiefside. (The settlement of Plumpton Head is within the neighbouring unparished area

Unparished area

In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish. Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparished. Many towns and some cities in otherwise rural districts are also unparished areas and therefore no longer have a town council or city...

 of Penrith

Penrith, Cumbria

Penrith was an urban district between 1894 and 1974, when it was merged into Eden District.The authority's area was coterminous with the civil parish of Penrith although when the council was abolished Penrith became an unparished area....

.) There are primary schools at Plumpton, Calthwaite, Armathwaite, Ivegill and High Hesket, and roughly half way between High and Low Hesket is a doctor's surgery.

Transport

The West Coast Main Line

West Coast Main Line

The West Coast Main Line is the busiest mixed-traffic railway route in Britain, being the country's most important rail backbone in terms of population served. Fast, long-distance inter-city passenger services are provided between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the...

 (WCML) and Settle and Carlisle Railway both run through the parish with a station at Armathwaite

Armathwaite railway station

Armathwaite railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Armathwaite in Cumbria, England. It is operated by Northern Rail, which provides all passenger-train services. It is now, since the closure of Cotehill , Cumwhinton and Scotby stations, the final stop on the...

. At one time there were stations on the WCML at Plumpton, Southwaite and Calthwaite. The M6 motorway

M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...

 and the A6 road run parallel to each other through the parish with a motorway service area at Southwaite.

Places of interest

At Castlesteads or Old Penrith just north of Plumpton are the remains of a Roman

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

 Fort

Castra

The Latin word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military defensive position. The word appears in both Oscan and Umbrian as well as in Latin. It may have descended from Indo-European to Italic...

 known as Voreda.

In the Middle Ages the area was the heart of the Royal hunting ground

Royal forest

A royal forest is an area of land with different meanings in England, Wales and Scotland; the term forest does not mean forest as it is understood today, as an area of densely wooded land...

 known as Inglewood Forest

Inglewood Forest

Inglewood Forest is the name now given on maps to a large tract of mainly arable and dairy farm land with a few small woodland areas between Carlisle and Penrith in the English non-metropolitan county of Cumbria or ancient county of Cumberland....

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The village and former market town of Hesket Newmarket

Hesket Newmarket

Hesket Newmarket is a small village in Cumbria, on the opposite side of Skiddaw to Keswick in the North West of England. It is famed for two social enterprises, a co-operatively-owned pub, the Old Crown Inn and a co-operatively-owned brewery, the Hesket Newmarket Brewery.-Etymology:The name is...

 is not within Hesket parish and is situated about 10 miles (16 km) to the west and within Caldbeck

Caldbeck

Caldbeck is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale, Cumbria, England. Historically within Cumberland, the village had 714 inhabitants according to the census of 2001. It lies on the northern edge of the Lake District. The nearest town is Wigton, 6 miles north east of the village...

 parish in Allerdale

Allerdale

Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census....

borough.