Levens is a village 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 ...

in the South Lakeland district of the modern English county of

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. It lies within the historic county of Westmorland. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,007, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,049. The village lies south of Kendal off the A6 and

A590 road The A590 is a trunk road in southern Cumbria, in the north-west of England. It runs north-east to south-west from M6 junction 36, through the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness to terminate at Biggar Bank on Walney Island.Levens Hall is within the parish. Levens, Cumbria

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches from Helsington, then south to Heversham. The total ward population at the 2011 Census was 2,056.

Notable people

* Henry Graham (of Levens) (died 1707), landowner and member of parliament * James Knox (born 1995), racing cyclist

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Levens
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Its page in the Cumbria Directory
* Villages in Cumbria Civil parishes in Cumbria South Lakeland District {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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