Hoff is a hamlet and civil parish in the Eden district of the county of Cumbria, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 189, decreasing marginally to 164 at the 2011 Census. Hoff consists of a number of houses, pub, The New Inn, which re-opened in 2011 after a number of years of closure; a postbox; and, formerly, a pioneering solar-powered lamppost. The name Hoff originates from old Norse and means 'a heathen sanctuary or temple'.