Bassenthwaite has a population of 412, making it the 78th largest place in Cumbria.
#78
of 92 in Cumbria
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Cumberland population trends, 2001–2025.
Bassenthwaite in context
8 km
north-west to Bothel, the nearest larger town
6,455
people live within 10 km
#5,578
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Bassenthwaite sits in postcode district CA12.
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Population since 2001
Cumberland, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CA12
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile