Bampton, Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°33′25″N 2°45′04″W / 54.557°N 2.751°W / 54.557; -2.751

Bampton
Bampton Village Store and Post Office
Bampton  Bampton shown within Cumbria
Population	283 (2001)
OS grid reference	NY5118
Civil parish	Bampton
District	Eden
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01931
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border
List of places: UK • England • Cumbria

Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The parish had a population of 283 according to the 2001 census. The parish includes the villages of Bampton and Bampton Grange.

Until 2005 Bampton had a village school, which closed due to lack of children.

The village of Bampton centres around Bampton Village Store Bed & Breakfast, the Mardale Inn, garage and caravan site.

Also within the village is the traditional red telephone box used in the 1980s cult classic movie Withnail & I. In February 2009, Sebastian Hindley, the landlord of the Mardale Inn purchased nearby Sleddale Hall which features in the movie as 'Uncle Monty's Cottage'.

There is a book called "Ploughing in Latin" that has been written about Bampton.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bampton, Cumbria

• Bampton Parish web site
• Bampton and District History Society
• Bampton
• The Mardale Inn
• Bampton Village Store Bed & Breakfast

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