Little Broughton

For the hamlet in Yorkshire, see Little Broughton, North Yorkshire.

Little Broughton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Broughton, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England, located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Cockermouth. In 1891 the parish had a population of 820.^[1]

Little Broughton
Broughton High Bridge
Little Broughton Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Show map of the former Allerdale Borough Little Broughton Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY076318
Civil parish	Broughton
Unitary authority	Cumberland
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district	CA13
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and Solway
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.673°N 3.432°W / 54.673; -3.432

Governance

Little Broughton is part of the Penrith and Solway constituency of the UK Parliament.

For Local Government purposes it was in the Broughton St Bridget's electoral ward of Allerdale Borough Council until 2023. This ward stretches north to Bridekirk with a total population at the 2011 Census of 4,178.^[2] It is now administered as part of the Cumberland unitary authority.

The village belongs to a Broughton Parish Council, which covers Great and Little Broughton.^[3]

Little Broughton was formerly a township in Bridekirk parish,^[4] from 1866 Little Broughton was a civil parish in its own right^[5] until it was abolished on 1 October 1898 to form Broughton and Broughton Moor.^[6]

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Listed buildings in Broughton, Cumbria