Geltsdale

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cumbria, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = Geltsdale

| civil_parish = Castle Carrock

| coordinates = {{coord|54.876|-2.671|display=inline,title}}

| static_image_name = Geltsdale House - geograph.org.uk - 159066.jpg

| static_image_caption = Geltsdale House

| population = 6

| population_ref = (2001 census)

| unitary_england = Cumberland

| lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Carlisle

| post_town = BRAMPTON

| postcode_district = CA8

| postcode_area = CA

| dial_code = 01228

| os_grid_reference = NY569536

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Carlisle

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria

| label_position =

}}

Geltsdale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Castle Carrock, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, to the southeast of Castle Carrock village. In 2001 the parish had a population of 6.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790347 |title=Neighborhood Statistics |access-date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202458/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790347 |url-status=dead }} From 1858 Geltsdale was a civil parish in its own right.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10118736|title=Relationships and changes Geltsdale ExP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 July 2023}} On 1 April 2003 the parish was abolished and merged with Castle Carrock.{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/12553/the-carlisle-parishes-order-2003.pdf|title=The Carlisle (Parishes) Order 2003|publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105113430/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/12553/the-carlisle-parishes-order-2003.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/carlisle.html|title=Carlisle Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=30 December 2021}}

File:Geltsdale - geograph.org.uk - 1284808.jpg

The Geltsdale Reservoir railway ran in the vicinity.

The local landscapes are under several levels of protection. Two of the protected areas cover a large area:

• the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• the North Pennines Moors Special Protection Area (147,276 ha){{Cite web |url=http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/SPA/UK9006272.pdf |title=Natura 2000 form |publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee}}

Geltsdale & Glendue Fells Site of Special Scientific Interest has an area of 8,059 ha,{{Cite web |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001510&SiteName=m&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Site details: Geltsdale & Glendue Fells SSSI |publisher=Natural England}} and is one of the SSSIs which underlie the SPA.

Geltsdale RSPB reserve is a 5,000 ha nature reserve within the SSSI. It mainly moorland and is managed by the Royal Society for Protection of Birds for upland birds such as black grouse and hen harrier.{{cite book|author=DORLING KINDERSLEY|title=RSPB Where To Go Wild in Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BH2ygZI0aUsC&pg=PA25|year=2009|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited|isbn=978-1-4053-3512-6|page=25}}