Linstock is a village in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England.

Circa 1870, it had a population of 205 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

[1] Nearby settlements include the commuter village of Houghton and the hamlets of Brunstock, Walby, Park Broom and Whiteclosegate.

There is also the Carlisle railway station a few miles away, which is on the Settle-Carlisle Line.

[2] Half a mile to the west, beside the M6, Drawdykes Castle is a former pele tower, converted to a house with a Classical Revival facade in 1676.