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Aspatria

Lying above the shallow Ellen Valley, Aspatria's main interest for most visitors lies in the elaborate Memorial Fountain to 'Watery Wilfred', Sir Wilfred Lawson MP (1829-1906), a lifelong crusader for the Temperance Movement and International Peace. According to one writer, "No man in his day made more people laugh at Temperance meetings". Also worth avisit is the Church of St Kentigern built in the 1840s in the Early English style. It is approached by way of a fine avenue of yew trees and inside are several ancient relics, including a 12th-century font with intricate cavings, a Viking hogback tombstone, and a grave cover with a pagan swastika engraving.

One of the town's major employers is Dairy Crest, which has a large Creamery on the edge of town. It produces some 80 tonnes of various cheeses every day.