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{{for|the district in South Africa|Eden District Municipality}}
{{Short description|Former local government district in England}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Eden District
|type = [[Non-metropolitan district]]
|image_skyline = 
|imagesize =
|image_caption = 
|image_blank_emblem = Eden DC logo.svg
|blank_emblem_size = 180
|image_map = Eden UK locator map.svg
|map_caption = Shown within [[Cumbria]]
|mapsize = frameless
|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign state]]
|subdivision_name = United Kingdom
|subdivision_type1 = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Constituent country]]
|subdivision_name1 = England
|subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of England|Region]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[North West England]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial county]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Cumbria]]
|subdivision_type4 = [[Historic counties of England|Historic county]]
|subdivision_name4 = [[Cumberland]] (part)<br/> [[Westmorland]] (part)
|seat_type = Admin.&nbsp;HQ
|seat = [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]]
|government_type = Eden District Council
|leader_title = [[Local government in England#Councillors and mayors|Leadership]]:
|leader_name = Alternative - Sec.31
|leader_title1 = 
|leader_name1 = 
|leader_title2 =
|leader_name2 = 
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = {{start date|1974|4|1|df=y}}
|extinct_title = Abolished
|extinct_date = {{end date|2023|3|31|df=y}}
|founder =
|area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:2,142|R}}
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|longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW=
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_total = 54,955
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time]]
|utc_offset = +0
|timezone_DST = [[British Summer Time]]
|utc_offset_DST = +1
|postal_code_type = Postcode
|postal_code = <!-- [[XX postcode area|XX]] -->
|area_code =
|blank_name = [[ISO 3166-2:GB|ISO 3166-2]]
|blank_info = <!-- GB-?? -->
|blank1_name = [[ONS coding system|ONS code]]
|blank1_info = 16UF (ONS)<br />E07000030 (GSS)
|blank2_name = [[British national grid reference system|OS grid reference]]
|blank2_info = <!-- {{gbmappingsmall|####}} -->
|blank3_name = [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS]] 3
|blank3_info = <!-- UKG## -->
|blank4_name = Ethnicity (2021)
|blank4_info = 94.8% White British
3.4% Other White
0.8% Asian 
0.7% Mixed race 
0.2% Black 
0.3% Other
|website = https://www.eden.gov.uk/
}}
'''Eden''' was a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] in [[Cumbria]], England, based at [[Penrith Town Hall]] in [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]]. It was named after the [[River Eden, Cumbria|River Eden]], which flowed north through the district toward [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]. Its population of 49,777 at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]],<ref>{{NOMIS2001 |id=E07000030 |title=Eden Local Authority |access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref> increased to 52,564 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{NOMIS2011 |id=E07000030 |title=Eden Local Authority |access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref> A 2019 estimate was 53,253.<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/admin/cumbria/E07000030__eden/ City Population. Retrieved 28 March 2021.]</ref> In July 2021 it was announced that, in April 2023, Cumbria would be divided into two [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authorities]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-steps-for-new-unitary-councils-in-cumbria-north-yorkshire-and-somerset |website=GOV.UK |access-date=1 January 2022|language=en}}</ref> On 1 April 2023, Eden District Council was abolished and its functions transferred to the new authority [[Westmorland and Furness]], which also covers the former districts of [[Borough of Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow-in-Furness]] and [[South Lakeland]].<ref name=LGR>{{Cite web |url=https://newcouncilsforcumbria.info/FutureforCumbriancouncils.asp |title=Local Government Reorganisation. Delivering Two New Councils for Cumbria |accessdate=1 January 2022 |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401101952/https://newcouncilsforcumbria.info/FutureforCumbriancouncils.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Extent==
The Eden District area of 2,156 sq. km (832 square miles) made it, after 2009, the eighth largest in [[England]] and the largest non-[[unitary authority|unitary]] district. It also had the lowest population density of any district in England and Wales, with a mean of 25 persons per square kilometre.<ref name="beeb">{{Cite news |last=Lucy Townsend and Kathryn Westcott |date=17 July 2012 |title=Census 2011: Five lesser-spotted things in the data |publisher=BBC News Magazine |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18853714 |access-date=17 July 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, the population was 5 per cent above its 2001 level.<ref name=beeb/>

The district council was created on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], from [[Penrith Urban District]], [[Alston with Garrigill Rural District]] and [[Penrith Rural District]], all in [[Cumberland]], and [[Municipal Borough of Appleby|Appleby]] Municipal Borough, part of [[Lakes, Cumbria|Lakes]] urban district and [[North Westmorland Rural District]], all in [[Westmorland]]. The district included parts of the [[Lake District]] and [[Yorkshire Dales]] [[national park]]s.

==Green space==
It was shown in a national detailed Land Use Survey by the [[Office for National Statistics]] in 2005 that Eden District had the second lowest proportion of land taken up by roads of any district in England: 0.8 per cent, fractionally greater than [[Craven District|Craven]] in [[North Yorkshire]], which also adjoins the Pennines. This compares with a maximum of over 20 per cent in four London boroughs and the [[City of London]].<ref name="ons">[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |date=11 February 2003 }} [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]]</ref>

In that detailed survey (to the nearest square metre) it was shown that Eden District had the greatest proportion of green space (which excludes domestic gardens) of any district, 97.9 per cent, as shown by the following extract:

{| 
|- style="background: #44EE88" align="left"
!District!!% Green space (June 2005)<ref name=ons/>
|-
|[[Copeland (borough)|Copeland]]|| 96.0%
|-
|[[Borough of Scarborough|Scarborough]]|| 96.1%
|-
|[[Ryedale]]|| 96.3%
|-
|[[West Somerset]]|| 96.6%
|-
|[[Northumberland]]|| 96.7%
|-
|[[West Devon]]|| 97.2%
|-
|[[Richmondshire]]|| 97.5%
|-
|'''Eden'''|| 97.9%
|}

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==Wards==
Below is a list of the [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]] that formed Eden (with numbers of councillors):
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*[[Alston Moor]] (2)
*[[Appleby-in-Westmorland|Appleby]] (Appleby) (1)
*Appleby (Bongate) (1)
*[[Askham, Cumbria|Askham]] (1)
*[[Brough, Cumbria|Brough]] (1)
*[[Crosby Ravensworth]] (1)
*[[Dacre, Cumbria|Dacre]] (1)
*[[River Eamont|Eamont]] (1)
*[[Greystoke, Cumbria|Greystoke]] (1)
*Hartside (1)
*[[Hesket, Cumbria|Hesket]] (2)
*[[Kirkby Stephen]] (2)
*[[Kirkby Thore]] (1)
*[[Kirkoswald, Cumbria|Kirkoswald]] (1)
*[[Langwathby]] (1)
*[[Lazonby]] (1)
*[[Long Marton]] (1)
*[[Morland, Cumbria|Morland]] (1)
*[[Orton, Eden|Orton]] with [[Tebay]] (1)
*Penrith [[Carleton, Eden|Carleton]] (1)
*Penrith East (2)
*Penrith North (3)
*Penrith Pategill (1)
*Penrith South (2)
*Penrith West (2)
*[[Ravenstonedale]] (1)
*[[Shap]] (1)
*[[Skelton, Cumbria|Skelton]] (1)
*[[Ullswater]] (1)
*[[Warcop]] (1)
}}

==Map==
{{Location map+|United Kingdom Eden
 |caption=Places in Eden
 |float=left
 |width=400
 |AlternativeMap=Location relief and transport map United Kingdom Eden.svg
 |places = 
   <!-- Largest places-->
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.664|long=-2.754|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">'''[[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]]'''</span>|marksize=14|label_size=110|position=left}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.577|long=-2.485|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">'''[[Appleby-in-Westmorland]]'''</span>|marksize=10|label_size=92|position=left}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.471|long=-2.348|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">{{raise|'''[[Kirkby Stephen]]'''}}</span>|marksize=10|label_size=92|position=right}}
   <!-- please keep the list below in alphabetical order to ease maintenance-->
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.810|long=-2.441|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Alston, Cumbria|Alston]]</span>|label_size=85|position=bottom}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.526|long=-2.319|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Brough, Cumbria|Brough]]</span>|label_size=85|position=top}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.696|long=-2.670|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Langwathby]]</span>|label_size=85|position=right}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.750|long=-2.703|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Lazonby]]</span>|label_size=85|position=right}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.731|long=-2.599|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Melmerby, Cumbria|Melmerby]]</span>|label_size=85|position=right}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.533|long=-2.935|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Patterdale]]</span>|label_size=85|position=left}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.612|long=-2.821|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Pooley Bridge]]</span>|label_size=85|position=left}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.529|long=-2.676|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Shap]]</span>|label_size=85|position=left}}
   {{Location map~|United Kingdom Eden|lat=54.434|long=-2.590|label=<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px white;">[[Tebay]]</span>|label_size=85|position=left}}
   <!-- please keep the list above in alphabetical order to ease maintenance-->
}}
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==Amenities==
Eden included [[List of King George V Playing Fields (Cumbria)|King George's Field]]s, named after [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], at Appleby and [[Patterdale]].

The council owned the Penrith Leisure Centre, which is run by a private company under contract. The council also owned a number of playing fields and recreation grounds elsewhere in the district, notably the sports grounds at Frenchfield near [[Carleton, Eden|Carleton]] on the outskirts of Penrith. It
also owned and ran [[Penrith and Eden Museum]] and the Penrith Tourist Information Centre.

==See also==
*[[Eden District Council elections]]
*[[Grade II* listed buildings in Eden]]
*[[List of churches in Eden District]]

==References==
{{commonscat|Eden District|Eden}}
<references />

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[[Category:Former non-metropolitan districts of Cumbria]]
[[Category:2023 disestablishments in England]]
[[Category:Westmorland and Furness]]