Thornhill, Cumbria

Thornhill is a village in Cumbria, England, located south of Whitehaven and north of Seascale, near St. Bees and the Irish Sea. It was created in the 1920s by Whitehaven Rural District Council and Egremont Urban District Council as part of a national housing-improvement campaign for First World War soldiers. The village has Thornhill Mission, a primary school, a shop and sub-post office, a social club, a community park, and football facilities.

Country

United Kingdom

First houses occupied

Late 1921

Parish council

Beckermet with Thornhill Parish Council