Lower Allithwaite is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

Westmorland and Furness Westmorland and Furness is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the Royal Port of Barrow, Royal ...

district of the English county of

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...

. It includes the villages of

Allithwaite Allithwaite is a village in Cumbria, England, located roughly west of Grange-over-Sands. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Allithwaite, and the village of Cartmel situated to the north, are part of the civil parish ...

and Cartmel, the historic Cartmel Priory, Humphrey Head and

Cartmel Racecourse Cartmel Racecourse is a small National Hunt racing, national hunt racecourse in the village of Cartmel, now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, historically in Lancashire. Until 1969, the two day Whitsun meeting was Cartmel's only fixture, whe ...

. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,758, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,831. The name of the civil parish was changed to Allithwaite and Cartmel with effect from 29 July 2020.Westmorland & Furness Council: Notice of Change of Name of Parish
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Cumbria County History Trust: Allithwaite, Lower
(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page) Civil parishes in Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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