Great Orton

Human settlement in England

Orton

Unitary authority

Cumberland

Cumbria

Region

North West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCARLISLEPostcode districtCA5Dialling code01228PoliceCumbriaFire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament

Carlisle

List of places: UK; England; Cumbria

54°52′41″N 3°02′49″W / 54.878°N 3.047°W / 54.878; -3.047

Great Orton is a village in the civil parish of Orton, in the Cumberland district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 453.^[1] Historically, the village is part of Cumberland. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Carlisle district.

Location

Great Orton is close to England's border with Scotland. The English city of Carlisle lies about five miles to the east, whereas the Scottish town of Gretna lies just eight miles to the north..

Amenities

Great Orton has a primary school with nursery, a pub (the Wellington), a church (St Giles), a village hall and a butcher's shop (R J Mulholland). The village hall is available to hire and you can find more information at https://web.archive.org/web/20140328160249/http://www.greatortonvillagehall.co.uk/

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the villages of Thursby, Little Orton, Kirkbampton, Thurstonfield, Moorhouse, Wiggonby and the hamlet of Orton Rigg.

Transport

For transport there is the B5307 road, the A595 road and the A596 road. There is also Carlisle railway station about six miles away.

References

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 June 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Great Orton.

Cumbria County History Trust: Great Orton (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140328160249/http://www.greatortonvillagehall.co.uk/
http://www.thewellingtongreatorton.robinsonsbrewery.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20100227025009/http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/greatorton.htm
http://www.greatorton.cumbria.sch.uk