Askam and Ireleth

Askam and Ireleth is a human settlement in Cumbria, England.

Population

The population of Askam and Ireleth is 3,374, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Askam and Ireleth there are 1,722 males, and 1,652 females.

Location

Askam and Ireleth is located at a Latitude of 54.182761 (54°10'57.94"N), and Longitude of -3.20202 (-3°12'7.27"W)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Askam and Ireleth is an average of 21 metres34.

The elevation of Askam and Ireleth ranges from a low point of about 0 metres, to a high point of about 304 metres.

Nearby to Askam and Ireleth

Human settlements nearby to Askam and Ireleth are Lindal and Marton, Dalton Town with Newton, Pennington, and Millom.

Woodland coverage of Askam and Ireleth

Askam and Ireleth has approximately 5% woodland coverage which is approximately 253.5 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Askam and Ireleth

How much of Askam and Ireleth is water? Well, Askam and Ireleth has 2.58% water coverage, which is 145.1 hectare of water5.

  1. Population values are aggregated by myself from the 178,605 census output areas in England, for the 2021 census of the United Kingdom, and are published on NOMIS official government census website. ↩︎

  2. location is the calculated centroid for geometries published by ONS Geography Linked Data portal. ↩︎

  3. From GDEM V3 (Global Digital Elevation Model V003) dataset I have sampled at a resolution of 13 million per degree latitude and degree longitude. In everyday terms the town of Andover, Hampshire is sampled approximately 45 thousand times. From my testing this is enough to pickup subtle changes in road elevation over small distances, such as a couple of house blocks. ↩︎

  4. The average listed is a median value for elevation samples recorded in the polygon for a given location. ↩︎

  5. Woodland, and water coverage calculated from OpenStreetMap data retrieved February 2024. ↩︎ ↩︎