Westnewton, Wigton, CA7 3PD

Westnewton is a small village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. The 2011 census recorded a population of 265. The village lies to the north‑west of the Lake District, on a relatively flat plain halfway between the Lake District hills and the Solway Firth. It is situated two miles north of Aspatria, on the B5301 Aspatria and Silloth road, with the small hamlet of New Cowper one and a half miles to the north‑west. The landscape is generally gently undulating fields, relatively devoid of features other than thorn field‑hedges, with shallow valleys carrying small streams such as the Black Dub beck. Westnewton has a school called St Matthew’s Church of England School, a church called St Matthew’s Church, and a cemetery. There used to be a public house called the Swan Inn but this has closed.