Westmorland and Furness

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Westmorland and Furness is a unitary authority area in Cumbria, England, formed in 2023 as part of local government reorganization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
local government district
unitary authority area
administrativeHeadquarters Kendal
borderedByAdministrativeArea County Durham
Cumberland
Lancashire
North Yorkshire
borderedByBodyOfWater Irish Sea
containsNationalParkPart Lake District
surface form: Lake District National Park

Yorkshire Dales
surface form: Yorkshire Dales National Park
containsSettlement Askam-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness
Kirkby Lonsdale
Milnthorpe
Sedbergh
Shap
containsTown Ambleside
Appleby-in-Westmorland
Barrow-in-Furness
Bowness-on-Windermere
Grange-over-Sands
Kendal
Kirkby Stephen
Penrith
Ulverston
Windermere
country England
dateEstablished 2023-04-01
formedAsPartOf 2023 local government reorganisation in Cumbria
governingBody Westmorland and Furness Council
governmentType unitary authority
hasCouncilStyle leader and cabinet
hasHistoricCountyOverlap Cumberland
Lancashire
Westmorland, England
surface form: Westmorland

Yorkshire
hasLargestTown Barrow-in-Furness
hasLieutenancyArea Cumbria
hasNameOrigin Furness area of historic Lancashire
historic county of Westmorland
hasPostalArea LA
locatedIn North West England
partOf Cumbria
region North West England
replacedAdministrativeUnit Barrow-in-Furness
surface form: Barrow-in-Furness Borough

Eden District
South Lakeland district
surface form: South Lakeland District
sovereignState United Kingdom

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

Eden District replacedBy Westmorland and Furness
Sedbergh administrativeDistrict Westmorland and Furness
Barrow-in-Furness unitaryAuthority Westmorland and Furness
Barrow-in-Furness mergedInto Westmorland and Furness
River Leven administrativeRegion Westmorland and Furness
subject surface form: River Leven (Cumbria)
Near Sawrey governingBody Westmorland and Furness
this entity surface form: Westmorland and Furness unitary authority
South Lakeland district replacedBy Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness Council locatedIn Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness Council governs Westmorland and Furness
Scafell locatedIn Westmorland and Furness
this entity surface form: Westmorland and Furness (ceremonial area context: Cumbria)
Rydal administrativeArea Westmorland and Furness
Torver governingBody Westmorland and Furness
this entity surface form: Westmorland and Furness unitary authority
Belle Isle hasDistrict Westmorland and Furness
Temple Sowerby district Westmorland and Furness
Culgaith unitaryAuthority Westmorland and Furness
Kirkby Stephen district Westmorland and Furness
Newby Bridge locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Westmorland and Furness
Kirkby Lonsdale district Westmorland and Furness
Ulverston governingAuthority Westmorland and Furness
Cartmel (village in Cumbria) administrativeDistrict Westmorland and Furness
subject surface form: Cartmel
Levens administrativeArea Westmorland and Furness
this entity surface form: Westmorland and Furness (unitary authority)
Kentmere Reservoir administrativeTerritory Westmorland and Furness
this entity surface form: Westmorland and Furness unitary authority
Dentdale administrativeArea Westmorland and Furness
Kents Bank unitaryAuthority Westmorland and Furness
Allithwaite withinDistrict Westmorland and Furness
this entity surface form: Westmorland and Furness unitary authority
Askam-in-Furness unitaryAuthority Westmorland and Furness
Lancashire North of the Sands nowPartOf Westmorland and Furness
this entity surface form: Westmorland and Furness (unitary authority)