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Distington
Distington
	The Church of the Holy Spirit, Distington
	Distington Location in Copeland Borough Distington Location within Cumbria
Population	2,256 (2011)
OS grid reference	NY0023
Civil parish	Distington;
District	Copeland;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WORKINGTON
Postcode district	CA14
Dialling code	01946
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Copeland;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°36′N 3°32′W / 54.60°N 3.54°W

Distington (/ˈdɪzɪŋtən/) is a large village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Workington and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Whitehaven. Historically a part of Cumberland, the civil parish includes the nearby settlements of Common End, Gilgarran and Pica. The parish had a population of 2,247 in the 2001 census,^[2] increasing slightly to 2,256 at the 2011 census.^[1]

South of the village by the Lowca Beck are the fragmentary remains of Hayes Castle, a manor house fortified by Robert de Leyburn in 1322.

Governance

Distington is in the parliamentary constituency of Copeland, Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Distington, Lowca & Parton Ward of Borough of Copeland and the Howgate Ward of Cumbria County Council.

The village also has its own Parish Council; Distington Parish Council.^[3] The parish council ward stretches beyond the confines of Distington parish with at total population taken at the Census 2011 of 4,058.^[4]

Transport

The main road through Distington is the A595. There was once a railway station at Distington on the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway which was an important junction.

Today Harrington railway station, on the Cumbria Coast Line, is the nearest operational station.