Sleagill is a small village and civil parish 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 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

The village is about 8 miles (12.9 km) from the large 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....

 and about 5 miles (8 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...

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Transport

For transport there is the A6, the A66

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...

 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...

 a few miles away.

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the large 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....

, 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 villages of Morland

Morland, Cumbria

Morland is a large village and civil parish in the rolling hills of the Eden Valley in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It includes the hamlets of Town Head and Morland Moor, and has a population of 380. The village has a pub, the Crown Inn, a shop called Travelling2 and the Millyard...

, Kings Meaburn

Kings Meaburn

King's Meaburn is a small village and civil parish in Cumbria, of 105 inhabitants. It is located from Appleby-in-Westmorland and from Penrith, in the Lyvennet Valley, and is famous for its annual Beer Festival at The White Horse.-History:...

, Cliburn

Cliburn

Cliburn is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Town Head. In 2001 the population was 204.-History:...

, 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...

 and Little Strickland

Little Strickland

Little Strickland is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It is about from Penrith and from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland...

 and the hamlets of Littlebeck

Littlebeck, Cumbria

Littlebeck is a hamlet in the Eden District in the English county of Cumbria, located near the small village of Kings Meaburn, the hamlet of Lankaber and the large village of Morland. The nearest town is Appleby-in-Westmorland....

 and Reagill

Reagill

Reagill is a hamlet in the parish of Crosby Ravensworth, in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria, England. It is a few miles away from the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. There is also the village of Sleagill nearby.-References:...

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