| Coordinates: | 54.624, -3.292 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 16 26 |
| Dialling code: | 017687 (Keswick) |
Lorton is a small rural parish in historic Cumberland, tucked into the north-western corner of the Lake District National Park. It consists mainly of the two villages, High Lorton and Low Lorton, lying in the valley of the River Cocker close to Crummock Water and Buttermere, with surrounding fells that attract walkers and fell-runners.
Traditionally agricultural, the parish still shows many stone farmhouses and field patterns but now relies heavily on tourism, holiday accommodation and outdoor recreation alongside farming. There is a modest but active community centred on the village hall and church, and the area’s history is visible in its old buildings, lanes and former packhorse routes that once linked farms, quarries and local markets.
Postcode districts covering Lorton
Most populated places nearby
- Carlisle 23.8 miles
- Workington 10.4 miles
- Whitehaven 12.6 miles
- Penrith 22.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Embleton Parish 2 miles
- Bothel and Wharrels Ward 2.1 miles
- Blindbothel Parish 2.3 miles
- Wythop Parish 3 miles
- Loweswater Parish 3.7 miles
- Setmurthy Parish 3.7 miles
- Buttermere Parish 3.7 miles
- Cockermouth Built-up area 4 miles
- Braithwaite Built-up area 4.3 miles
- Above Derwent Parish 4.3 miles
- Cockermouth North Ward 4.6 miles
- Bassenthwaite Parish 4.6 miles
Example postcodes in Lorton
CA13 9UB, CA13 9UL, CA13 9TX, CA13 9TB, CA13 9UA, CA13 9UR, CA13 9TZ, CA13 9FS, CA13 9TL … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 69.8 miles
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 75 miles
- Aspatria Railway Station 9.5 miles
- Maryport Railway Station 10.1 miles
Hotels near Lorton Ad
- Armathwaite Hall Hotel 4 4.5 miles
- Embleton Spa Hotel 4 3 miles
- Hundith Hill Hotel 3 2.3 miles
- Rickerby Grange Country House 4 5.4 miles
- YHA Keswick Hostel 4 6.5 miles
- Keswick Country House Hotel 3 6.6 miles
- Manor House Hotel, Cockermouth 4.1 miles
- Allerdale Court Hotel 3 3.9 miles
- Powter Howe 3 3.4 miles
- The Pheasant Inn - The Inn Collection Group 4 3.5 miles
Schools in Lorton
- Lorton School Primary
Local points of interest
- Winscales Estate 8.3 miles
- Blencathra Centre Country house 8.5 miles
- Borough Park Stadium 10.5 miles
- Derwent Park Stadium 10.7 miles
- Cumbrian Mountains Mountains 11.7 miles
- Whitehaven Marina Marina 13 miles
- Holm Cultram (Cistercian abbey : Cumberland, England) Historic site 15.3 miles
- St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 15.6 miles
- Calder Hall Estate 16.6 miles
- Inglewood Forest Forest 18.6 miles