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Skinburness is a village in the Allerdale district of
Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
(historically
Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...
), England. It forms a residential area for the town of
Silloth Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. Historically in the county of Cumberland, the town is an example of a Victorian seaside resort in the North of Engl ...
, and is about 10 miles west of
Wigton Wigton is a market town in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells an ...
. The Skinburness Hotel was the most prominent building in the village, but wa
demolished in 2017


See also

* Listed buildings in Silloth-on-Solway


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Solway Plain past and present - Skinburness history
Villages in Cumbria Populated coastal places in Cumbria Silloth {{Cumbria-geo-stub