Colby, Cumbria

Colby, Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°34′41″N 2°31′08″W / 54.578°N 2.519°W / 54.578; -2.519

Colby
Pipe Bridge over Hoff Beck - geograph.org.uk - 1102345.jpg
The pipe bridge over Hoff Beck
Colby is located in Cumbria
Colby

 Colby shown within Cumbria
Population 120 (2001)
OS grid reference NY6620
Parish Colby
District Eden
Shire county Cumbria
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND
Postcode district CA16
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Penrith and the Border
List of places: UK • England • Cumbria

Colby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of the English county of Cumbria. It is near the village of Bolton to the north and the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland to the east.

A little over a mile to the north-west are the ruins of Bewley Castle, a medieval residence of the bishops of Carlisle.[1]

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Transport

For transport there is the A66 road and the B6542 road (the old A66) nearby.

Location grid


Crackenthorpe
Bolton Appleby-in-Westmorland
   Colby, Cumbria    
Drybeck

External links

References

  1. ^ "Bewley Castle". Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=13637. Retrieved 2011-06-14. 
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