Caldbeck is a village with 714 inhabitants in 2001 [1] on the northern edge of the Lake District in the Allerdale local governing district, which is located in Cumbria, England. The nearest town is Wigton, 6 miles north east of the village. In the last few years it has seen a massive house price boom, with many properties more than doubling their value over a couple of years. The panorama across Eskdale from Ill Crag. ... Allerdale is a local government district and borough in Cumbria, England. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Wigton is a town in the county of Cumbria in England. ...

The village is popular with tourists from across the globe. Caldbeck's most infamous or famous former resident is the hunter John Peel, whose grave is in the local churchyard. HRH The Prince of Wales has visited the village several times in the last 10 years, overseeing the launch of the Northern Fells Rural Project, and in later years the end of the project, which became the Northern Fells Group. A famous resident is the climber Sir Chris Bonington. John Peel (1776?-1854) was a British huntsman and is the subject of the 18th century song Dye ken John Peel? He was a Cumberland farmer, who kept a pack of fox hounds. ... The eldest son of the reigning monarch of Great Britain is traditionally invested with the title of Prince of Wales. ... Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CBE (born 6 August 1934 in Hampstead, London) is an English mountaineer. ...

The village has a primary school situated in the area of Upton to the south west of the village proper. The northern part of the village centred around a large green is called Ratten Row. A primary school in Český Těšín, Czech Republic. ...

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Kentigern. Saint Mungo, also known as Saint Kentigern, traditional apostle to Strathclyde and patron saint and alleged founder of the city of Glasgow. ...

Caldbeck's closest fell is High Pike, which is a popular walk from the village. It is also the starting point for many other fell walking routes. High Pike is a fell in the northern part of the English Lake District, it is located 4. ...

Within the civil parish of Caldbeck is also the village and former market town of Hesket Newmarket. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

Approximately two miles from the village is located the Caldbeck transmitting station, a 337 m high television and radio broadcasting station that covers most of northern Cumbria and south west Scotland. The Caldbeck transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the village of Caldbeck, in Cumbria, England (Grid Reference: NY299425). ...

Coordinates: 54°44′N, 3°03′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...