Asby, Copeland

Asby is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.

Asby

Asby
Asby
Location in Copeland Borough
Asby
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY0620
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFRIZINGTON
Postcode districtCA26
Dialling code01946
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Location

It lies by road 7.5 miles (12 km) east of Whitehaven, 35.1 miles (56 km) south-west of Carlisle and 47.4 miles (76 km) to the north of Barrow-in-Furness.

Governance

Asby is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.

For the European Parliament residents in Asby voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency, before Brexit in 2020.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Arlecdon + Ennerdale ward of the Borough of Copeland and the Cleator Moor East + Frizington ward of Cumbria County Council.

Asby has its own Parish Council; Arlecdon & Frizington Parish Council, the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington, has a population of 3,678,[1]

References
  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Copeland Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-09-18


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