Skelton is a small village and civil parish about 7 miles (11 km) north west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria.

[1] The village has a primary school, pub, and Anglican and Methodist churches.

Skelton Agricultural Show is one of the largest in Cumbria and takes place on the first Saturday in July at Hutton-in-the-Forest.

The large parish of Skelton includes the villages and hamlets of Ellonby, Ivegill, Lamonby, Unthank, Unthank End, Skelton Wood End, Laithes, Hutton End, Hutton Row, New Rent, Braithwaite and Middlesceugh.

This ward stretches beyond the confines of Skelton Parish with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,497.