Meathop and Ulpha
Milnthorpe Sands
Meathop and Ulpha Location in South Lakeland Show map of the former South Lakeland district Meathop and Ulpha Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
Population	154 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SD4380
Civil parish	Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode district	LA11
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°13′12″N 2°51′47″W / 54.220°N 2.863°W / 54.220; -2.863

Meathop and Ulpha is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. Historically in Westmorland, it is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north east of Grange-over-Sands, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) south west of Kendal and 64.0 miles (103.0 km) south of Carlisle, between the confluence of the River Kent estuary and the River Winster. In 2001 it had a population of 143,^[2] increasing slightly to 154 at the Census 2011.^[1] It included the village of Meathop.

There were two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the parish:

• Meathop Moss is a raised peat-bog designated an SSSI for its biological interest.^[3] Leased by the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves in 1919, it now belongs to the Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
• Meathop Woods and Quarry, which consists of woodland and a disused quarry on the side of a hill, has biological and geological interest.^[4]

History

Meathop and Ulpha was formerly a township in Beetham parish,^[5] from 1866 Meathop and Ulpha was a civil parish in its own right^[6] until it was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Witherslack to form "Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha".^[7]