Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg

{{Short description|Civil parish in Cumbria, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

File:River Mint - geograph.org.uk - 1756706.jpg which forms the boundary between the two wards, the former parishes]]

Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England. It was formed on 1 April 2015 by merging the parishes of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg,{{cite web |title=Chairman's Annual Report 2015/16 |url=http://www.skelscalpc.org.uk/pcannualreport2016.pdf |publisher=Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg Parish Council |access-date=18 October 2021 |date=2016}} which had shared a parish council since 2007.{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/12495/south-lakeland-district-parishes-of-skelsmergh-and-scalthwaiterigg-grouping-order-2007.pdf|title=South Lakeland District (Parishes of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg) Grouping Order 2007|publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=18 October 2021}}

The parish is divided into two wards, separated by the River Mint and named for the two previous parishes.{{cite web |last1=South Lakeland District Council |title=Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg Parish |url=http://www.skelscalpc.org.uk/parishmap.pdf |publisher=Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg Parish Council |access-date=18 October 2021}} Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map showing the parish and ward boundaries Skelsmergh parish ward (north of the river) is represented by five councillors, and Scalthwaiterigg parish ward (south of the river) by two councillors, a pattern established in 2007.

The population of the former parish of Skelsmergh was 303 in the 2011 United Kingdom census;{{NOMIS2011|id=E04002648|title=Skelsmergh Parish|access-date=18 October 2021}} the 2011 population of the former parish of Scalthwaiterigg is not available, but its 2001 population was 104.{{NOMIS2001|id=16UG062|title=Scalthwaiterigg Parish|access-date=18 October 2021}} (the 2001 population of Skelsmergh was 271).{{NOMIS2001|id=16UG065|title=Skelsmergh Parish|access-date=18 October 2021}}

The areas of the two former parishes were {{cvt|7.8435|sqkm}} (Skelsmergh) {{cvt|4.22|sqkm}} (Scalthwaiterigg), giving an area for the current parish of {{cvt|12.02635|sqkm}}. The southern part of the parish includes the {{convert|317|m}} hill Benson Knott, which is classified as a HuMP, a TuMP and a Clem.{{cite web |title=Benson Knott |url=http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?rf=5292 |website=www.hill-bagging.co.uk |access-date=18 October 2021}} The A6 from Kendal to Shap, the A685 road from Kendal to Tebay, and the Dales Way footpath from Ilkley to Bowness all pass through the parish.

There are eight listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II.