Distington is a large village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in 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...

, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Workington

Workington

Workington is a town, civil parish and port on the west coast of Cumbria, England, at the mouth of the River Derwent. Lying within the Borough of Allerdale, Workington is southwest of Carlisle, west of Cockermouth, and southwest of Maryport...

 and 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northeast of Whitehaven

Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a small town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England, which lies equidistant between the county's two largest settlements, Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, and is served by the Cumbrian Coast Line and the A595 road...

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Historically a part of Cumberland

Cumberland

Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....

, the civil parish includes the nearby settlements of Common End

Common End, Cumbria

Common End is a hamlet within the civil parish of Distington in Cumbria, England. Common End was on the A595 road until it was by-passed....

, Gilgarran and Pica. The population of the civil parish was recorded as 2,247 in the 2001 Census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

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The village has a co-op, a school and a garage.

South of the village by the Lowca Beck

Lowca Beck

Lowca Beck is a beck in the English county of Cumbria.The beck rises in the vicinity of Gilgarran and flows by Distington and the remains of Hayes Castle before flowing between Lowca and Howgate, emptying into the Solway Firth at Parton Bay....

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

Transport

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

Cleator and Workington Junction Railway

The Cleator & Workington Junction Railway was located in West Cumberland in Northern England, serving the towns of Cleator Moor and Workington and intermediate villages...

. Harrington railway station

Harrington railway station

Harrington Railway Station serves the village of Harrington in Cumbria, England. It is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line south east of Carlisle...

, on the Cumbria Coast Line, is the nearest operational station.