Troutbeck is a hamlet within

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, England, a few miles to the west of Penrith. It was previously in the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

of Hutton.

Great Mell Fell Great Mell Fell (''Bare hill'', with the later additions of both "Fell" and "Great") is an isolated hill or fell in the English Lake District, north of Ullswater and adjacent to the Eastern Fells. It rises from a level plain to a height of 537& ...

is situated immediately to the east of Troutbeck. It is open-access land which belongs to the

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. There are five Roman temporary or marching camps just to the north of Troutbeck, adjoining the A66 Roman road. The place-name 'Troutbeck' is first attested in the Subsidy Rolls of 1332, where it appears as ''Troutbek''. The name means '

trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', '' Salmo'' and '' Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salm ...

stream'. The stream the Trout Beck heads towards it and then veers west where it joins the

River Glenderamackin The River Glenderamackin, the Glendermackin or Glendermackin Beck is a watercourse in Cumbria, England. It is a headstream of the Greta. The river rises on Mungrisdale Common north of Blencathra and drains much of the eastern and southern si ...

less than half a mile to the west of Hutton Moor End. Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.481.

Tourism

Located within Troutbeck is the Troutbeck Inn, Sportsman Inn, several Guest Houses/B&Bs, a camp, and a

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site.

Transport

Situated approximately 10 miles west of Penrith and just south of the A66, Troutbeck can be reached by car. Its railway station on the former

Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway (CK&PR) was an English railway company incorporated by Act of Parliament on 1 August 1861, to build a line connecting the town of Cockermouth with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) West Coast ...

is now closed. The closest station is Penrith.

References

External links

The Horse and Farrier, 18th Century Inn Near Troutbeck, EdenLake District Walks
Hamlets in Cumbria Hutton, Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub