Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen is a civil parish and tiny market town in Cumbria, in North West England. Historically it belonged to Westmorland. The town lies on the A685, surrounded by sparsely booming hill country, and about 25 miles (40 kilometres) from the closest bigger towns, Kendal and Penrith. The River Eden increases 6 miles (9.7 km) in the peat bogs below Hugh Seat as well as passes by the eastern edge of the town, nearly unnoticed. Kirkby Stephen has a church council and is a centre for surrounding smaller villages as well as churches, consisting of Nateby, Ravenstonedale as well as Mallerstang. A community and also council centre in the library supplies information as well as solutions for all the neighborhood councils (region, area and also church). A selecting ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches southern to Aisgill with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,580.