Skelsmergh is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg, in Westmorland and Furness in rural Cumbria, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Kendal, on the A6 road.

[2] The River Sprint runs alongside the village and is "one of the quietest of the Lake District's valleys".

The entrance to the churchyard is a monument to those who died from the parish during World War I.

[12] The church, St. John the Baptist, dates from about 1871 and was built by Joseph Bintley, a Westmorland architect.

Rev Thomas Machell, an antiquarian, mentions a ruined chapel in his report on the area in 1692.

In 1870 a local group, the Skelsmergh Chapelry Committee, was set up to raise money and promote the building of the church.

2011 census data showed there were 14 full-time students in Skelsmergh, 64% of whom were economically active.