Westlinton

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England}}

{{distinguish|text=West Linton, a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland}}

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

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = Westlinton

| static_image = Lynebank House - geograph.org.uk - 248379.jpg

| static_image_caption = Lynebank House Hotel, Westlinton

| coordinates = {{coord|54.971|-2.948|display=inline,title}}

| population = 380

| population_ref = (2011)

| civil_parish = Westlinton

| unitary_england = Cumberland

| lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Carlisle

| post_town = CARLISLE

| postcode_district = CA6

| postcode_area = CA

| dial_code = 01228

| os_grid_reference = NY393645

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Carlisle

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

| label_position =

}}

Westlinton (or West Linton{{cite web | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp;jsessionid=321696ACEB1D46B3C7F270657C77C17E?u_id=10081245 | title=Westlinton CP/Tn Cumberland through time | work=A Vision of Britain through Time | publisher=University of Portsmouth & others | year=2004 | accessdate=20 July 2008 }}) is a small village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It is in the Cumberland district, and is located north of Carlisle, on the A7 road between Carlisle and Longtown.{{cite web | url=http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#340,563,1 | title=Ordnance Survey Sheet 076 | year=1955 | accessdate=20 July 2008}} In the south of the parish, and also on the A7, is another small village, Blackford. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 359,{{cite web | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=793030&c=Westlinton&d=16&e=15&g=432211&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216591785625&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 | title=2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Westlinton CP (Parish) | publisher=Office for National Statistics | accessdate=20 July 2008}} increasing to 380 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130448&c=CA6+4EA&d=16&e=62&g=6411672&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435153964484&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=24 June 2015}} North of the village of Westlinton is the River Lyne, which forms the northern boundary of the parish.