Sunderland, Cumbria

Sunderland is a hamlet and former civil parish, within the Lake District National Park, now in the parish of Blindcrake in the Allerdale district of the county of Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland.

Sunderland

Sunderland
Sunderland
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Sunderland
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY178354
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAllerdale
Postcode districtCA13
Dialling code01768
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the towns of Cockermouth, Keswick, Bothel and Aspatria. The nearest railway station is Aspatria railway station.

Governance

Sunderland is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency, Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.[1]

Before Brexit, its residents were covered by the North West England European Parliamentary Constituency.

For Local Government purposes it is in the All Saints Ward of Allerdale Borough Council and the Bothel + Wharrels Division of Cumbria County Council.

Regarding its Parish Council, on 1 April 1934 the civil parish was abolished and it merged with Blindcrake, Isel and Redmaine, and Isel Old Park to form Blindcrake Parish Council.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. "Copeland".
  2. "Relationships and Changes Blindcrake CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. "Blindcrake Parish Council".
  • Philip's Street Atlas Cumbria (page 50)
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