Dent is a small village nestling in a narrow valley on the western slopes of the Pennines. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Now, although it still lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, for local government purposes it is within Cumbria. It is about four miles (6 km) south east of Sedbergh and about eight miles (13 km) north east of Kirkby Lonsdale.

The valley in which it lies is called Dentdale but the river is the River Dee, a tributary of the River Lune.

The Dent Brewery is an independent, microbrewery in Cowgill just above Dent.

Dent hosts the Dent Folk Festival annually on the last weekend in June. See Dent Folk Festival website

It was also the birthplace of the famous geologist, Adam Sedgwick.

Dent railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Railway is about four miles (approx. 6 km) above the village at Denthead. Nearby, the railway goes over a splendid viaduct.

villages in Cumbria