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Newbiggin (Croglin)

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Newbiggin is located in Cumbria
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Newbiggin shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY556491
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Brampton
Postcode district CA8
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°50′06″N 2°41′24″W / 54.835°N 2.690°W / 54.835; -2.690Coordinates: 54°50′06″N 2°41′24″W / 54.835°N 2.690°W / 54.835; -2.690

Newbiggin is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England Cumrew beck flows north-west through Newbiggin eventually joining the Eden close to Armathwaite. The village contains many houses of a traditional design, a historic chapel (now a private home) and several large acreage farms. On the fells around the village there are traces of the old mines that used to operate in the area, as well as the skeletons of Lime kiln. A track from the village leads up to new water river, which can be followed north to Castle Carrock. There is a pub, The Blue Bell Inn.



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