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Westlinton
Westlinton
	Lynebank House Hotel, Westlinton
	Westlinton Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria Westlinton Location within Cumbria
Population	380 (2011)
OS grid reference	NY393645
Civil parish	Westlinton;
District	City of Carlisle;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARLISLE
Postcode district	CA6
Dialling code	01228
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°58′16″N 2°56′53″W / 54.971°N 2.948°W

Westlinton (or West Linton^[1]) is a small village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It is in the City of Carlisle district, and is located north of Carlisle, on the A7 road between Carlisle and Longtown.^[2] In the south of the parish, and also on the A7, is another small village, Blackford. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 359,^[3] increasing to 380 at the 2011 census.^[4] North of the village of Westlinton is the River Lyne, which forms the northern boundary of the parish.