Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen is a civil parish and also small market community in Cumbria, in North West England. Historically it belonged to Westmorland. The town pushes the A685, surrounded by sparsely inhabited hillside country, and also regarding 25 miles (40 km) from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and also Penrith. The River Eden increases 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) in the peat bogs below Hugh Seat as well as goes by the eastern side of the town, nearly unnoticed. Kirkby Stephen has a parish council and is a centre for surrounding smaller sized villages and parishes, including Nateby, Ravenstonedale as well as Mallerstang. An area and also council centre in the collection gives info as well as services for all the local councils (county, district and parish). A selecting ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Aisgill with an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,580.