Bassenthwaite is a village and civil parish in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 412. The village is about nine miles east from Cockermouth, and is approximately one mile from Bassenthwaite Lake Containing just a single pub and no shop, it is largely an agricultural community, with two farms within the village itself, with a number of holiday homes.