Clawthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Burton-in-Kendal, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is near the village of Burton-in-Kendal and the town of Kendal. Clawthorpe is on the A6070 road and nearly on the M6 motorway, but there is no access to Clawthorpe from the motorway. The name "Clawthorpe" means "the thorp of the clerks".