Cumberland

Cumberland (English: Cumbria) is a  and un- in North West England. The and, its , came into  in 1974 after the way of the  1972. Cumberland's shire town is Carliland, in the north of the shire, and the only other is Barrow-in-Furness on the southwestern tip of the shire.

The shire of Cumberland bestands of six ridings (Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, , Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland), and in 2008 had a of  under half a. Cumberland is one of the most  shires in the Foroned Kingdom, with 73.4 folk per 2 (190/ mi).

Cumberland is the third biggest shire in England by, and is bounded to the north by the Scottish  of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders, to the west by the Irish Sea, to the south by Lancashire, to the southeast by North Everwickshire, and to the east by Shire Durham and Northumberland.

Cumberland is and  the Lake  and Lake, a UNESCO World   one of England's most outstanding landspans of ,  as  for , writers, and. A of the south east of the shire is within the Everwickshire Dales  while the east of the  the North Pennines AONB. Much of Cumberland is, and it every peak in England over 3,000 feet (910 m) above sea level, with Scafell Pike at 3,209 feet (978 m) being the highest  of England. An upland,, and , Cumberland's is characterised by , , and settlement, as well as battles and skirmishes between the English and the Scots. in Cumberland inhold Carliland Burgh, Furness Abbot, Hardknott Romish Keep, Brough Burgh and Hadrian's Wall, also a World.