Gosforth is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District, in Cumberland, England.

It is close to Wast Water, the deepest lake in England, and just a 7-minute drive from Seascale village and beach.

Another high cross was cut down in 1789 to make a sundial base, though the "fishing stone" panel from this survives in the church.

Work began on Gosforth Hall, now a hotel and restaurant near St. Mary's Church, in 1658, by a local gentleman called Robert Copley.

Copley had previously refused to pay the royal herald for his own coat of arms and instead, made one up himself.