Great Broughton, Cumbria

Great Broughton
Great Broughton
Village
	Broughton Methodist Church
	Great Broughton Location in the former Allerdale district, Cumbria Great Broughton Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY074314
Civil parish	Broughton ;
Unitary authority	Cumberland ;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria ;
Region	North West ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district	CA13
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and Solway ;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°40′05″N3°26′10″W / 54.668°N 3.436°W

Last updated January 18, 2025

Great Broughton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Broughton, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.^[1] It caters strongly for visitors. The estimated resident population was 1,823 in 2017.^[2]

Location

Great Broughton is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Cockermouth, just north of River Derwent and the A66 road, and 4 miles (6.4 km) from the sea at Flimby. Neighbouring villages are Camerton to the west, Broughton Moor to the north and Papcastle to the east.

Governance

The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Penrith and Solway.

For local government purposes, the village was in the Broughton St Bridget electoral ward of Allerdale Borough Council, which stretched north to Bridekirk and had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,178.^[3] Broughton is now part of the Dearham and Broughton Ward of Cumberland Council.

The village has its own parish council, Broughton Parish Council, which covers Great & Little Broughton.^[4]

Great Broughton was formerly a township in Bridekirk parish,^[5] from 1866 Great Broughton was a civil parish in its own right^[6] until it was abolished on 1 October 1898 to form Broughton and Broughton Moor.^[7] In 1891 the parish had a population of 1447.^[8]

Amenities and features

The village has a local shop, holiday cottages, a primary school, three pubs and a Royal British Legion branch. There is a 15-room hotel named the Broughton Craggs at the bottom of the village on the road heading to Cockermouth. Several houses offer bed and breakfast. Great Broughton also borders the village of Little Broughton, which contains both new housing estates and older houses, along with a pub, the Sundial.^[9]

The churchyard of the Anglican Christ Church contains a Grade II listed war memorial erected in 1921, bearing the names of 22 servicemen killed in the First World War and five servicemen and a female civilian killed in the Second.^[10]

There is a Methodist church in the village, but the congregation is no longer active. A planning application was approved in 2005 to turn the building into a dwelling.^[11]

Broughton Carnival takes place every July.

Until decommissioned in 1992, the RNAD Broughton Moor bordered the top end of the village. The Ministry of Defence police houses remain as South Terrace. The rest of the former RNAD site is still up for tender from its current owners, Cumbria County Council, which purchased it from the Ministry of Defence for a nominal sum in 2007.

Access

The village is on a bus route to Cockermouth. It once had a station on the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway, but it closed to passengers in 1908 and completely in 1921.^[12] The nearest station today is at Workington, 7 miles (11 km) away, which has services to Barrow, Whitehaven and Carlisle.

During the floods of November 2009, the main bridge over the River Derwent, giving access to the village from the A66, sustained structural damage and was closed pending a structural report from engineers. The bridge was built in 1832. It re-opened after structural work in early 2010.^[13]

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References

↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 89 West Cumbria (Cockermouth & Wast Water) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319232057.
↑ City Population. Also maps the parish and gives further population details. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
↑ "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
↑ "Broughton Parish Council".
↑ "History of Great Broughton, in Allerdale and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
↑ "Relationships and changes Great Broughton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
↑ "Cockermouth Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
↑ "Population statistics Great Broughton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 30 December 2021.
↑ Google maps. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
↑ Historic England. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
↑ Allerdale Borough Council. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
↑ McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 978-0-9540232-2-5.
↑ Report of the damage. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

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[OS89-1] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 89 West Cumbria (Cockermouth & Wast Water) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319232057.

[2] City Population. Also maps the parish and gives further population details. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[3] "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 16 June 2015.

[4] "Broughton Parish Council".

[5] "History of Great Broughton, in Allerdale and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[6] "Relationships and changes Great Broughton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[7] "Cockermouth Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[8] "Population statistics Great Broughton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[9] Google maps. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[10] Historic England. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[11] Allerdale Borough Council. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[12] McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 978-0-9540232-2-5.

[13] Report of the damage. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

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