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Gosforth is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District, in Cumberland, England. It is situated on the A595 road between Whitehaven and Barrow-in-Furness. It had a population of 1,230 at the 2001 Census. [2] At the 2011 census Gosforth was grouped with Ponsonby and Wasdale giving a total population of 1,396. [1]
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in North West England.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Cumbria with Lancashire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency.
Cumbria County Council was the county council for the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria in the North West of England. Established in April 1974, following its first elections held the previous year, it was an elected local government body responsible for the most significant local services in the area, including schools , roads, and social ...
Cumbria County Council in England was elected every four years between 1973 and 2017. Since the last boundary changes in 2013, 84 councillors were elected from 84 wards for the last council before abolition in 2023.
Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 5 May 2005. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections . The Labour Party lost their majority and the council fell under no overall control .
Ponsonby Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, in Cumberland, Cumbria. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland . [ 3 ]
Gosforth is a civil parish in the Cumberland district, Cumbria, England.It contains 18 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.