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|official_name = Penrith
|population = 16,984
|population_ref = (2021 census)<ref name="bua2011">{{cite web |title=Penrith
|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/eden/E04012411__penrith/ |website=City population |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> |population_demonym = Penrithian
|unitary_england= [[Westmorland and Furness]]
|lieutenancy_england= [[Cumbria]]
|region = North West England
|constituency_westminster = [[Penrith and
|post_town = PENRITH
|postcode_district = CA10, CA11
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'''Penrith''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛ|n|r|ɪ|θ}}, {{IPAc-en|p|ɛ|n|ˈ|r|ɪ|θ
From 1974 to 2015, it was an [[unparished area]] with no local council. A [[civil parish]] was reintroduced on 1 April 2015 with the first election for Penrith Town Council on 7 May 2015. The town was previously part of the 1974-created [[Eden District]] until 2023.
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==Governance==
===UK Parliament===
Penrith is in the [[United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] of [[Penrith and
===Local government===
Since 2023, Penrith has had two levels of local government – Westmorland and Furness unitary authority (see below) and Penrith parish (town).
Until 2023, for county purposes, it was governed by [[Cumbria County Council]], whose social services and education departments used to have area offices in the town. It was the seat of administration for [[Eden District|Eden District Council]], one of the largest districts by area in England and the most sparsely populated. It was based at offices in [[Penrith Town Hall]] and at the building now known as Mansion House, formerly Bishop Yards House.
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In 2023 Cumbria County Council and the 6 District councils within the county were abolished and replaced by two new [[unitary authority|unitary authorities]]. Eden along with [[South Lakeland]] and the [[Borough of Barrow-in-Furness]] became the new unitary District of [[Westmorland and Furness]]. The first elections to the new authority took place in May 2022. Penrith was divided into two new wards for the new council – Penrith North (the former Eden council wards of Penrith North and East) and Penrith South (the former West, South, Carleton and Pategill wards).
A nascent campaign has arisen, demanding that Penrith be included within [[Cumberland (district)|Cumberland]], given that it forms part of the historic county of [[Cumberland]] and has never been part of [[Westmorland]].<ref>{{
==Geography==
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====Scaws====
The Scaws Estate was built by Penrith Urban District Council after [[World War II]] on land hitherto known as the Flatt Field and Scaws Farm, as part of the [[Earl of Lonsdale|Lowther Estates]]. Scaws Farm is now Coldsprings Farm
Beaconside Primary School stands in the centre of the estate, where there were once three corner shops and a launderette. Adjoining Scaws are the private Barcohill and Meadow Croft housing estates.
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===Railway===
[[Penrith railway station|Penrith
* [[Avanti West Coast]] operates inter-city services between [[Euston railway station|London Euston]], [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow Central]] and [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]], with trains calling at [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham]], [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle]], [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]],
* [[TransPennine Express]] operate services between [[Manchester
===Buses and coaches===
Local bus services are operated mostly by [[Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
[[National Express Coaches|National Express]] operate two long-distance coach routes with stops in Penrith. Route 182 runs from [[Birmingham coach station|Birmingham]] to [[Edinburgh bus station|Edinburgh]] and the 590 links [[Buchanan Street bus station|Glasgow]] to [[Victoria coach station|London]].<ref name=BT/>
===Roads===
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*[[Angela Lonsdale]] (born 1970 in Penrith), actress, is perhaps best known as policewoman Emma Taylor in [[Coronation Street]] and currently stars as DI Eva Moore in the BBC soap [[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]].
*[[Charlie Hunnam]] (born 1980), the actor, attended [[Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith]] (QEGS) and lived locally in his teenage years. He claimed it is "just about the worst place you could hope to live".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/actor-claims-penrith-is-just-about-worst-place-you-could-hope-to-live.276685.html |title=Actor claims Penrith is "just about worst place you could hope to live" |website=cwherald.com |language=en |access-date=2017-03-17}}</ref>
*[[Lewis Guy|Lewis Brett Guy]] (born 1985
*[[Danny Grainger]] (born 1986), footballer, scored [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]'s third goal in the [[2012 Scottish Cup Final|2012 Scottish Cup final]] against [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]].
*[[Oliver Turvey]] (born 1987), racing driver, attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and lives locally.
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The Free, monthly circulated Eden Local community magazine http://www.cumbrianlocal.co.uk/ has been posted through doors since 2010 in Penrith and in areas surrounding it in the Eden Valley. It was set up to launch https://www.edenfm.co.uk/ It reaches its 200th publication in 2023
Penrith lies with the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[Border Television|Border]] region and the [[BBC North East and Cumbria]]. There were three local radio stations serving the Penrith area. [[Eden FM Radio|Eden FM]] which is based in Penrith launched in 2011. There were two others based in Carlisle. These being [[BBC Radio Cumbria]] and what was [[Independent Local Radio|independent]] station [[CFM Radio|CFM]], that from
Penrith was used as a setting in the 1940 book ''[[Cue for Treason]]'' by [[Geoffrey Trease]]. It was also a setting for [[Bruce Robinson]]'s 1987 film ''[[Withnail and I]]'', although the Penrith scenes were actually filmed in [[Stony Stratford]], Buckinghamshire.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Scovell |first1=Adam |title=In search of the Withnail & I locations 30 years on |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/withnail-i-richard-grant-paul-mcgann-locations |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=British Film Institute |date=11 April 2017}}</ref>
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==Places of worship==
===Church of England ===
[[File:St Andrew's Church, Penrith.jpg|thumb|St Andrew's Church, Penrith]]
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==References==
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===Mullett references===
{{Reflist|group=M|25em}}
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