Underskiddaw | |
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Skiddaw Little Man |
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Underskiddaw shown within Cumbria | |
Population | 264 (2011) |
OS grid reference | NY2625 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KESWICK |
Postcode district | CA12 |
Dialling code | 01768 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
EU Parliament | North West England |
UK Parliament | |
Underskiddaw is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in the English county of Cumbria. The parish lies immediately to the north of the town of Keswick, and includes the southern and eastern flanks of Skiddaw as well as part of the valley of the rivers Greta and Derwent, and a small part of Bassenthwaite Lake. The parish includes the settlements of Applethwaite, Millbeck and Ormathwaite, all of which lie along the line where the southern slopes of Skiddaw meet the valley.
The parish has a population of 282 in 122 households, reducing at the 2011 Census to a population of 264 in 128 households. It is within the Workington constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament, and the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.