Calder, Cumbria

Calder
Calder Farm
Calder Calder shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY0303
Civil parish	Ponsonby
District	Copeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SEASCALE
Postcode district	CA20
Dialling code	019467
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Copeland
List of places UK England Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°25′04″N 3°29′19″W / 54.4177°N 3.4886°W / 54.4177; -3.4886

Calder is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England.

It is overlooked by the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956.^[1]

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↑ "Calder Hall Power Station". The Engineer. 5 October 1956. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

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