Kirksanton is a village on the A5093 road, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England.

Nearby settlements include the town of Millom, and the villages of Silecroft and Whicham.

In April 2009, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband included Kirksanton in a list of eleven potential new nuclear power plants.

[2] The village is located just outside the Lake District National Park.

Kirksanton is within the Barrow and Furness UK parliamentary constituency.