Static Image Name: | Broughton-in-Furness - geograph.org.uk - 1867282.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Broughton in Furness |
Official Name: | Broughton West |
Country: | England |
Region: | North West England |
Os Grid Reference: | SD2187 |
Coordinates: | 54.299°N -3.187°W |
Population: | 912 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Civil Parish: | Broughton West |
Unitary England: | Westmorland and Furness |
Lieutenancy England: | Cumbria |
Constituency Westminster: | Barrow and Furness |
Post Town: | BROUGHTON IN FURNESS |
Postcode District: | LA20 |
Postcode Area: | LA |
Dial Code: | 01229 |
Broughton West is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 954, decreasing at the 2011 census to 912. The parish includes the town of Broughton in Furness, the small village of Foxfield, and the hamlets of Bank End, Lower Hawthwaite and Broughton Mills. Since 1976 the parish has been governed by Duddon Parish Council.[1]
An electoral ward in the name of Broughton exists. This ward stretches north into the Lake District with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,205.[2]