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Catterlen

Catterlen
Road and house at Catterlen - geograph.org.uk - 996446.jpg
Catterlen
Catterlen is located in Cumbria
Catterlen
Catterlen
Catterlen shown within Cumbria
Population 605 (2011)
OS grid reference NY4833
Civil parish
  • Catterlen
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA11
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
CumbriaCoordinates: 54°41′00″N 2°49′00″W / 54.683333°N 2.816667°W / 54.683333; -2.816667

Catterlen is a small village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Penrith, Cumbria.

The village is a linear one with the B5305 road dividing it into two. Junction 41 of the M6 motorway is at Catterlen.

The parish of Catterlen also includes the slightly more populous village of Newton Reigny which was a separate parish from 1866 to 1934, previous to 1866 both villages were part of a larger Newton Reigny Parish.

The large house and former pele tower known as Catterlen Hall is closer to Newton Reigny than Catterlen.

Within the parish is the Newton Rigg College part of the Yorkshire-based Askham Bryan College.



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