Murton is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 330, increasing to 360 at the 2011 Census. Settlements within the parish include the villages of Hilton, Langton, and Brackenber. The town of Appleby-in-Westmorland is to the south west. Murton Pike, to the north, is 594 metres (1,949 ft) high and a triangulation point, it is a south-westerly outlier of Murton Fell, which rises to over 670 metres (2,200 ft) at two points. Parts of Murton Fell lie within the Army's Warcop Training Area.