Great Orton is a village in the parish of Orton, in the City of Carlisle

City of Carlisle

The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...

 District, in the English 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 five miles away from the small city of Carlisle.

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the villages of Thursby

Thursby

Thursby is a village near Carlisle in north-western England. West of Thursby is the church of St Andrews, built in 1846. It was not the first church on the site; one existed since the 6th century....

, Little Orton

Little Orton, Cumbria

Little Orton is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria.Little Orton is due west of the City of Carlisle and forms part of the civil parish of Orton. Orton Moss lies between Little Orton and Great Orton to its west....

, Kirkbampton

Kirkbampton

Kirkbampton is a village and a civil parish on the B5307 road in the Allerdale District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is near the city of Carlisle. It has a church called St Peter's Church, and a primary school...

, Thurstonfield, Moorhouse, Wiggonby

Wiggonby

Wiggonby is a hamlet in the Allerdale District, in the English county of Cumbria. It has a primary school called Wiggonby CE school. It is near the city of Carlisle and the village of Great Orton. It had an airfield called Wiggonby Airfield....

 and the hamlet of Orton Rigg

Orton Rigg

Orton Rigg is a hamlet in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England.-Location:The hamlet is located south-west of the city of Carlisle and north of the village of Thursby...

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Transport

For transport there is the B5307 road, the A595 road

A595 road

The A595 is a primary route in Cumbria, in northern England that starts in Carlisle, passes through Whitehaven, and goes close to Workington, Cockermouth and Wigton. It passes Sellafield and Ravenglass before ending at the Dalton-in-Furness by-pass, in southern Cumbria, where it joins the A590...

 and the A596 road

A596 road

The A596 is a primary route in Cumbria, in northern England, that runs between Thursby and Workington. For its entirety the A596 parallels the A595, and meets the A595 at both ends. The A596 begins its course at a roundabout junction with the A595 at Thursby, before continuing past the towns of...

. There is also the Carlisle railway station

Carlisle railway station

Carlisle railway station, also known as Carlisle Citadel station, is a railway station whichserves the Cumbrian City of Carlisle, England, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, lying south of Glasgow Central, and north of London Euston...

 about three miles away, which is on the Settle-Carlisle Line.