Shap
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Shap is a village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The village is in the historic county of Westmorland. The parish had a population of 1,221 in 2001, increasing slightly to 1,264 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Keld
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,264
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Village and parish
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Shap - Market Cross.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Shap Market Cross
- UK place.official_name
- Shap
- UK place.population
- 1,264
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Shap
- UK place.unitary_england
- Westmorland and Furness
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- UK place.post_town
- PENRITH
- UK place.postcode_district
- CA10
- UK place.postcode_area
- CA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01931
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY563150
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Eden
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Eden
- Population
- 1264
- Image
- Shap - Market Cross.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01931
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- Commons category
- Shap
- postal code
- CA10
- OS grid reference
- NY563150
- historic county
- Westmorland
- P8168
- Cronquist system
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Location
- Toponymy
- History
- Climate
- Today
- Attractions
- In literature
- Governance
- Transport
- Train
- Bus
- Dialect
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Shap is a village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The village is in the historic county of Westmorland. The parish had a population of 1,221 in 2001, increasing slightly to 1,264 at the 2011 Census.
==Location== The village lies along the A6 road and the West Coast Main Line, and is near to the M6 motorway. It is situated from Penrith and about from Kendal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shap” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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