Little Strickland is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District

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....

 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...

, England. It is about 7 miles (11.3 km) from 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....

 and 8 miles (12.9 km) 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...

. The village has one place of worship and a telephone box.

Transport

The village lies 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) from the A6 road and the M6 motorway

M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...

 also about 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) away but, there is no motorway access point for about 4 miles (6.4 km).

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include 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....

, 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...

, the villages of Great Strickland

Great Strickland

Great Strickland is a village and civil parish in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the west and the Pennines in the east. It is south east of Penrith, and is in the former county of Westmorland....

, Newby

Newby, Cumbria

Newby is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of the county of Cumbria, England. It is about from the large town of Penrith and about from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, and has a population of 164. Nearby is Newby Beck...

, Hackthorpe

Hackthorpe

Hackthorpe is a village in the Eden District, in the county of Cumbria, England.- Location :It is located on the A6 road just south of Lowther which the two settlements could be considered to be conjoined, and about four miles from the town of Penrith...

, Sleagill

Sleagill

Sleagill is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England.- Location :The village is about from the large town of Penrith and about from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland.- Transport :...

 and Shap

Shap

Shap is a linear village and civil parish located amongst fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria, England. The village lies along the A6 road and the West Coast Main Line, and is near to the M6 motorway...

 and the hamlets of Thrimby

Thrimby

Thrimby is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Thrimby was 30. It has a Grade 2* farmhouse called Thrimby Hall.- External links :...

 and Sweetholme.