Westnewton is a small village and civil parish in the Allerdale District, in the county of Cumbria, England. The village of Westnewton is situated to the north-west of the Lake District, on the relatively flat plain half way between the Lake District hills and the Solway Firth. It is a small village located two miles north of Aspatria, on the B5301 Aspatria and Silloth road. The small hamlet of New Cowper is located one-and-a-half miles to the north-west. The landscape generally in this area is one of gently undulating fields, relatively devoid of features other than the thorn field-hedges, with shallow valleys carrying small streams, such as the Black Dub beck.