Broom is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 near the village of Long Marton

Long Marton

Long Marton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of the English county of Cumbria. It had a railway station called Long Marton railway station. There are also the hamlets of Marton Moor and Broom. Long Marton also has a busy pub....

, in the Eden

Eden, Cumbria

Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle....

 district, in the county of Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

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Location

It is located about two miles away from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby-in-Westmorland is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, in North West England. It is situated within a loop of the River Eden and has a population of approximately 2,500. It is in the historic county of Westmorland, of which it was the county town. The town's name was simply Appleby, until...

 and about ten miles away from the large market town of Penrith

Penrith, Cumbria

Penrith was an urban district between 1894 and 1974, when it was merged into Eden District.The authority's area was coterminous with the civil parish of Penrith although when the council was abolished Penrith became an unparished area....

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Nearby villages

Nearby villages include Brampton, Crackenthorpe

Crackenthorpe

Crackenthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It is about south east of Penrith. The village was on the A66 road until it was by-passed.-Location grid:- External links :...

, Long Marton

Long Marton

Long Marton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of the English county of Cumbria. It had a railway station called Long Marton railway station. There are also the hamlets of Marton Moor and Broom. Long Marton also has a busy pub....

 and Dufton

Dufton

Dufton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies in the Eden Valley and below Great Dun Fell. It is mostly around 180m above sea level. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 169....

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Transport

For transport there is Appleby railway station (on the Settle-Carlisle Line), and the A66 road

A66 road

The A66 is a major road in northern England which in part follows the course of the Roman road from Scotch Corner to Penrith. It runs from east of Middlesbrough in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire to Workington in Cumbria...

road nearby.

External links

• http://www.bnbselect.com/bnb/31635
• http://www.thegardeningwebsite.co.uk/broom-horticultural-supplies-i1689.html