Brampton Deanery is situated to the north east of the Diocese of Carlisle and covers a large area from Penrith in the middle of the county to the far north of the county bordering on Scotland.
The parishes are generally small and fairly widespread, this makes the sharing of parishes for incumbents fairly difficult, as distances to be covered are obviously greater than in an urban setting.
The deanery contains 29 churches divided up into benefices of two, three or four churches plus one large team ministry in the Brampton area.  

Newly resident in Brampton Deanery are the Revd’s Philip Greenhalgh in the Benefice of Bewcastle and Stapleton, and Kirklinton with Hethersgill and Russell Tague in the Benefice of the Esk Parishes (Arthuret with Kirkandrews-on-Esk and Nicholforest).
This year the deanery has discussed several issues such as Health and Safety, the Anglican / Methodist Covenant and were pleased to receive a talk by Canon Bryan Rowe on the role of the deanery. In the future we want to look at forming links with overseas partners.