Watchhill

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Watchhill
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Watchhill in October 2005
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Watchhill
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
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Watchhill
Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY189426
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WIGTON
Postcode district CA7
Dialling code 016973
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Cumbria
54°46′19″N3°15′36″W / 54.772°N 3.260°W / 54.772; -3.260

Watchhill is a hamlet in the parish of Allhallows, Cumbria, England. The parish had 538 recorded residents in the 2001 census. Watchhill is sited near the highest point in the parish, most of the houses fronting the B5299 road from Caldbeck Common to Aspatria. It is so named because it once housed a beacon allowing residents to be alerted to raiders stealing cattle. In the days of the border reivers such warnings were vital, and allowed cattle and people to be protected in the nearby pele tower at Harbybrow.