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54°28′16″N2°31′34″W / 54.471°N 2.526°W / 54.471; -2.526

Sunbiggin is a hamlet in the civil parish of Orton, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

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Location

It is near the villages of Raisbeck and Orton.

Transport

For transport there is the M6 motorway, A685 road, B6260 road and B6261 road nearby. It has a tarn called Sunbiggin Tarn.

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