Kirkby Stephen is a civil parish and also tiny market community in Cumbria, in North West England. Historically it was part of Westmorland. The town lies on the A685, surrounded by sparsely populated hillside country, as well as concerning 25 miles (40 km) from the nearby larger towns, Kendal as well as Penrith. The River Eden rises 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) in the peat bogs below Hugh Seat and also passes by the eastern edge of the town, almost unobserved. Kirkby Stephen has a church council and also is a centre for bordering smaller towns and parishes, consisting of Nateby, Ravenstonedale and also Mallerstang. An area as well as council centre in the collection supplies info and also services for all the neighborhood councils (area, area and church). An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward extends southern to Aisgill with an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,580.