Ullock

Human settlement in England

Dean

Unitary authority

Cumberland

Cumbria

Region

North West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWORKINGTONPostcode districtCA14Dialling code01900PoliceCumbriaFire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament

Copeland

List of places: UK; England; Cumbria

54°36′06″N 3°25′55″W / 54.601791°N 3.431852°W / 54.601791; -3.431852

Ullock is a village in Cumbria, England, located at National Grid reference NY076239, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of Cockermouth and 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south east of Workington. The River Marron flows through the village.^[1] It is located just outside the Lake District National Park. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 353.^[2]

The village was once served by Ullock railway station on the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway.

Governance

Ullock is in the parliamentary constituency of Copeland, Trudy Harrison is the Member of Parliament. The former Labour MP for the neighbouring constituency of Workington from 2015-2019, Sue Hayman, was elevated to the House of Lords in 2020 under the title Baroness Hayman of Ullock.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Cumberland unitiary authority area.

Ullock does not have its own parish council, instead it is part of Dean Parish Council, which also covers villages of Dean, Deanscales, Eaglesfield, Pardshaw and Branthwaite.^[3]

References

^ Ordnance Survey Landranger map, West Cumbria, sheet 89
^ "History of Ullock, in Allerdale and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Dean Parish Council". 7 November 2016.