Blencow or Blencowe is a small village near Penrith it is divided by the River Petteril into Great Blencow to the south and Little Blencow to the north. Penrith is a market town in the county of Cumbria (historically Cumberland), England. ...

Great Blencow is in the civil parish of Dacre while Little Blencow is within Greystoke parish. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

The postoffice and village pub are situated in Little Blencow, there is another pub called the Clickham Inn to the south of the village towards Newbiggin.

Also at Newbiggin is the Hanson plc Blencowe Limestone Quarry and Blockworks and the former Blencow railway station on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway. Hanson plc is a British based international building materials company, headquartered in London. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... A small cinder quarry A dimension stone quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. ... The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway (CK&PR) was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 1 August 1861, for a line connecting the town of Cockermouth with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) West Coast Main Line at Penrith. ...

The mansion of Ennim just south of the village was the home for many years of the Conservative politician and cabinet minister William (Willie) later Viscount Whitelaw. The house maintained a substantial police presence even after Whitelaw's retirement due to his time as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (June 28, 1918 - July 1, 1999), commonly known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative politician. ... The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. ...

Blencow at one time had a very well known grammar school. Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ...