Dalston is a large village and civil parish in the Cumberland district, in Cumbria, England, on the B5299 road 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Carlisle. In 2021 the parish had a population of 2,796.

The village is on the River Caldew, just to the north of where the Roe Beck joins it. Dalston railway station is on the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle, Workington and Barrow-in-Furness.

Rose Castle, home of the Bishop of Carlisle for many centuries until 2009, is within the parish of Dalston, 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the heart of the village. The architects Anthony Salvin and Thomas Rickman were responsible for the alterations which took place in the 19th century.

Dalston Hall is a Grade II* listed fortified house which is now a country house hotel.

Dalston has two churches: St Michael's Church and Dalston Methodist Church.

There is a county electoral division of Dalston, stretching north towards Carlisle, with a total population at the 2011 United Kingdom census of 6,051. Until 1974 it was in the county of Cumberland, from 1974 until 2023 it was in Carlisle district.

There are two schools in Dalston, St Michael's Primary School and Caldew School.

There is a Nestlé factory producing powdered milk, a BP fuel depot and the Barras Lane trading estate.