Plumbland

Plumbland
Plumbland
	St. Cuthbert's Church, Plumbland
	Plumbland Location in Allerdale Plumbland Location within Cumbria
Population	341 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	NY149391
Civil parish	Plumbland;
Unitary authority	Cumberland;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	016973
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington;

Plumbland is a village and civil parish in the county of Cumbria, England. Situated towards the north west corner of the county, it is two miles from the outskirts of the Lake District National Park which is considered to be an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish includes the hamlets of Threapland, Parsonby and Arkleby.

Governance

Plumbland is part of the Workington constituency of the UK parliament. The current Member of Parliament is Mark Jenkinson, a member of the Conservative Party. 2019 marks only the second time since the Second World War that a Conservative has been elected for Workington, the first being at the 1976 by-election.[2]

The village also has its own Parish Council jointly with nearby Parsonby; Plumbland Parish Council Parish Council.[3]

For the European Parliament residents in Plumbland voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.

Cumbria County History Trust: Plumbland (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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