Silloth (sometimes known as
Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and
civil parish in
Cumbria, England. It sits on the shoreline of the
Solway Firth, west of
Carlisle. The town of
Maryport lies miles to the south, down the
B5300 coast road which also passes through the villages of
Blitterlees,
Beckfoot,
Mawbray, and
Allonby. Wigton is twelve miles to the east, along the
B5302 road, which also passes through the village of
Abbeytown, miles to the south-east. Silloth has a population of 2,932, reducing slightly to 2,906 at the 2011 Census.