Catterlen is a small village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Penrith, Cumbria.

The parish of Catterlen also includes the slightly more populous village of Newton Reigny which was a separate parish from 1866 to 1934, previous to 1866 both villages were part of a larger Newton Reigny Parish.

[3] The first part of the name is the element cadeir, meaning "throne, chair" (see Chatterton and Chadderton in Lancashire, and Catterton in North Yorkshire).

[3] The second element in the name is lẹ:n, whose Welsh equivalent llwyn means "thicket (of small trees and bushes)".

[3] Media related to Catterlen at Wikimedia Commons