Meathop

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

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

{{Use British English|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Meathop - geograph.org.uk - 1405880.jpg

| static_image_caption = Meathop

| official_name = Meathop

| country = England

| region = North West England

| os_grid_reference = SD4380

| coordinates = {{coord|54.220|-2.863|display=inline,title}}

| population =

| population_ref =

| civil_parish = Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha

|unitary_england= Westmorland and Furness

|lieutenancy_england= Cumbria

| constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale

| post_town = GRANGE OVER SANDS

| postcode_district = LA11

| postcode_area = LA

| dial_code = 015395

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Lakeland

}}

Meathop is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is located {{convert|3.6|mi|km}} north east of Grange over Sands, between the confluence of the River Kent estuary and the River Winster on the edge of Morecambe Bay.{{cite web |title=History of Meathop, in South Lakeland and Westmorland |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2007 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |accessdate=11 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=Meathop, Meathop and Ulpha |url=https://www.lakesguides.co.uk/html/lgaz/lk07687.htm |website=Old Cumbria Gazetteer |accessdate=11 June 2020}}

The most prominent building is Meathop Hall, a Grade II listed 17th century house which has since been divided into two. It consists of two floors with dormers, and has round Westmorland chimneys and an ornamented embattled or 'Yorkshire' lintel over the front door.{{NHLE |date=21 November 1952 |desc=Meathop Hall and Cottage |num=1087133? |access-date=9 September 2024 }}

Westmorland Sanatorium, later known as Meathop Hospital, was a sanatorium for patients with tuberculosis. It opened in 1891 and closed in 1991 when it was converted into apartments and renamed as Meathop Grange.{{cite web |title=Meathop & Ulpha |url=https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/meathop-ulpha |website=Cumbria County History Trust |accessdate=11 June 2020}}