Eden, Cumbria

Eden District
District
Shown within Cumbria
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Founded	1 April 1974
Admin. HQ	Penrith
Government
• Type	Eden District Council
• Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
• Executive:	Independent CV
• MPs:	Rory Stewart
• Rank	[[List of English districts by area|]]
Population  (2005 est.)
• Total	52,800
• Rank	Ranked 337th
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	16UF
Ethnicity	99.6% White
Website	eden.gov.uk

Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle.

It has an area of 2,156 km², making it the eighth largest district in England and the largest non-unitary district. It also has the lowest population density of any English district, with a mean of just 24 persons per square kilometre.

The district council was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the Penrith urban district, Alston with Garrigill Rural District and Penrith Rural District, all in Cumberland, and Appleby Municipal Borough, part of Lakes urban district and North Westmorland Rural District, all in Westmorland.

Within the district lies part of the Lake District National Park.

The West Coast Main Railway Line runs through the district but with only one station at Penrith. Services on this line are provided by Virgin Trains. The Northern Rail Settle-Carlisle Railway also goes through the district and has stations at Armathwaite, Lazonby, Langwathby, Appleby and Kirkby Stephen.

Road transport links are provided by the M6 motorway, the A6 and the A66.

Wards

Below is a list of the wards that Eden is divided into:

* = denotes wards represented by 2 councillors; all others have 1 except for Penrith North which has 3

• Alston Moor*
• Appleby (Appleby)
• Appleby (Bongate)
• Askham
• Brough
• Crosby Ravensworth
• Dacre
• Eamont
• Greystoke
• Hartside
• Hesket*
• Kirkby Stephen*
• Kirkby Thore
• Kirkoswald
• Langwathby

• Lazonby
• Long Marton
• Morland
• Orton with Tebay
• Penrith Carleton
• Penrith East*
• Penrith North
• Penrith Pategill
• Penrith South*
• Penrith West*
• Ravenstonedale
• Shap
• Skelton
• Ullswater
• Warcop

Demographics

In 2005, Eden was the only district in England and Wales estimated to still have the same White British population as given in the 2001 census of 99.6%. This makes Eden one of the most homogeneous districts anywhere in the country.

Sports and recreation

In Eden there are King George's Fields, in memorial to King George V, at Appleby and Patterdale.

The council is the owner of the Penrith Leisure Centre which is run by a private company under contract. The council also owns a number of playing fields and recreation grounds throughout the district most notably the sports pitches at Frenchfield on the outskirts of Penrith.