Great Orton is a village in the civil parish of Orton, in the Cumberland district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 453.

Great Orton is close to England's border with Scotland.

The English city of Carlisle lies about five miles to the east, whereas the Scottish town of Gretna lies just eight miles to the north.. Great Orton has a primary school with nursery, a pub (the Wellington), a church (St Giles), a village hall and a butcher's shop (R J Mulholland).

The village hall is available to hire and you can find more information at https://web.archive.org/web/20140328160249/http://www.greatortonvillagehall.co.uk/ Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the villages of Thursby, Little Orton, Kirkbampton, Thurstonfield, Moorhouse, Wiggonby and the hamlet of Orton Rigg.