en Ulpha

Ulpha
Ulpha
Village and parish
	St. Johns Church, Ulpha
	Ulpha Location in the former Copeland Borough Ulpha Location within Cumbria
Population	128 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD198935
Civil parish	Ulpha;
Unitary authority	Cumberland;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Postcode district	LA20
Dialling code	01229
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Barrow and Furness;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°19′52″N 3°13′59″W / 54.331°N 3.233°W

Ulpha is a small village and civil parish in the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the Cumberland unitary authority area. At Ulpha a road leaves the Duddon Valley to cross Birker Fell to the valley of Eskdale. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 159,^[2] reducing at the 2011 Census to 128.^[1]

The name Ulpha is believed to have originated with the meaning of 'hill frequented by wolves'. The name was derived from the Old Norse words ulfr meaning wolves and haugr meaning hill.^[3]