Selside

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

{{about|the village in Cumbria|the place in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire|Selside, North Yorkshire|the hill in Cumbria west of Windermere|Top o'Selside|the hill east of Haweswater|Selside Pike}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = St Thomas Church, Selside, Kendal - geograph.org.uk - 331849.jpg

| static_image_caption = St. Thomas's Church, Selside

| coordinates = {{coord|54.383|-2.709|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Selside

| population = 296

| population_ref = (2011)

| civil_parish = Selside and Fawcett Forest

| unitary_england = Westmorland and Furness

| lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale

| post_town = KENDAL

| postcode_district = LA8

| postcode_area = LA

| dial_code = 01539

| os_grid_reference = SD539988

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Lakeland

}}

Selside is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, about {{convert|6|mi}} north of Kendal, close to the A6 road. It is now in the civil parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, though it was formerly in the parish of Kendal.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2842|title=History of Selside, in South Lakeland and Westmorland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 October 2020}} The population of Whitwell and Selside civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 296.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130607&c=LA8+9AZ&d=16&e=62&g=6412552&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1434193072093&enc=1|title= Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=13 June 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

St. Thomas's Church at Selside dates from 1838, with the tower added in 1894.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-75761-church-of-st-thomas-whitwell-and-selside |title=Church of St Thomas, Whitwell And Selside |work= British Listed Buildings Online|accessdate=3 June 2011}} Near to the church, Selside Hall incorporates the remains of two pele towers of the 15th and 16th centuries, with 18th-century and later alterations and additions.{{PastScape|mnumber=43164 |mname=Selside Hall |accessdate=3 June 2011}}