[3] Broughton Moor was formed into a civil parish on 1 October 1898, by Local Government Board Order 38,315, from Great Broughton and Little Broughton townships,[4] and was in the Workington division of the county, the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, Derwent petty sessional division, Cockermouth Poor Law Union, the county court district of Cockermouth and Workington, the rural deanery of Maryport, the Archdeacon of West Cumberland and the Diocese of Carlisle.

The church of St Columba, erected in 1904, is a building of stone, with chancel, nave, south porch and a tower containing one bell.

It was built by the villagers under the direction of Lloyd Wilson to the designs of the well-known church architect, W. D. Caroe, who gave his services gratuitously.

[5] Coal production ceased at Broughton Moor in June 1959 but was started up again sometime after 1964 when the Blooming Heather opencast site extended towards the village from nearby Dearham.

Between the 1930s and 1992[6] the area was home to Royal Navy Armaments Depot Broughton Moor The village is part of the parliamentary constituency of Penrith and Solway.

[7] Broughton Moor is a quiet village situated almost centrally in the triangle formed by Cockermouth, Maryport and Workington.

Only two miles from the coast, Broughton Moor is situated on a ridge overlooking the Solway Firth to the north with superb views and spectacular sunsets over the Galloway Hills, while to the south there is the incomparable vista of the Lakeland Fells.