Welcome to Dufton Parish Council Website

Dufton is a village and parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it lies in the Eden Valley and below Great Dun Fell. 

The centre of the village is built around a green, on the north side of which is the Stag Inn. The village green is oblong in shape and is bisected by an avenue of lime trees. Houses in the village were built from the 17th century onwards. St Cuthbert’s Church just outside the village mainly dates from the 19th century.

Dufton was a centre for lead mining in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Quaker-owned London Lead Company developed the village through the construction of housing, a school, a library and the installation of piped water. A fountain and circular water trough built by the Company forms a centrepiece on the green.