Alston

E157488
civil parish town

Alston is a small historic market town in Cumbria, England, known for its scenic Pennine landscape and claim to be one of the highest market settlements in the country.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alston canonical 4
ALSTON 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
town ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Cumbria ⓘ
civilParishName Alston Moor ⓘ
claimToBe one of the highest market settlements in the United Kingdom ⓘ
one of the highest market towns in England ⓘ
country England ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevelApprox 300–350 metres ⓘ
governedBy Eden District ⓘ
surface form: Eden District Council
hasBusServiceTo Carlisle ⓘ
Hexham ⓘ
Penrith ⓘ
hasConservationArea Alston town centre conservation area ⓘ
hasDialCode 01434 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity tourism ⓘ
hasElectoralWard Alston Moor Parish Council ⓘ
surface form: Alston Moor ward
hasHeritageRailway South Tynedale Railway ⓘ
hasNearbyHill Cross Fell ⓘ
Nenthead ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding Market Cross, Alston ⓘ
Moot Hall, Alston ⓘ
St Augustine’s Church, Alston ⓘ
hasParishCouncil Alston Moor Parish Council ⓘ
hasPopulationApprox 1000–1500 ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict CA9 ⓘ
hasPostTown Alston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ALSTON
hasPrimaryIndustryHistorically coal mining ⓘ
lead mining ⓘ
zinc mining ⓘ
hasPrimarySchool Alston Primary School ⓘ
hasSecondarySchool Samuel King’s School ⓘ
historicCounty Cumberland ⓘ
isHistoricTown true ⓘ
isMarketTown true ⓘ
knownFor high elevation ⓘ
scenic Pennine landscape ⓘ
locatedIn Cumbria ⓘ
North Pennines ⓘ
locatedOn River South Tyne ⓘ
near border with Northumberland ⓘ
osGridReference NY718465 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Penrith and The Border ⓘ
partOf Eden District ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
roadAccessVia A686 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
A689 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
B6277 road ⓘ
within North Pennines ⓘ
surface form: North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eden District → contains → Alston ⓘ
Walter Alston → familyName → Alston ⓘ
Alston → hasPostTown → Alston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALSTON
Theodosia Burr Alston → familyName → Alston ⓘ
William Alston → familyName → Alston ⓘ