Lower Holker Explained

Static Image Name:Holker Hall 02.jpg
Static Image Caption:Holker Hall
Official Name:Lower Holker
Country:England
Region:North West England
Os Grid Reference:SD3677
Coordinates:54.1743°N -2.9721°W
Population:1,869
Population Ref:(2011)
Civil Parish:Lower Holker
Shire District:South Lakeland
Shire County:Cumbria
Constituency Westminster:Westmorland and Lonsdale
Post Town:GRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode District:LA11
Postcode Area:LA
Dial Code:01539

Lower Holker is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Cark and Flookburgh, the hamlets of Holker, Ravenstown and Sand Gate, and historic Holker Hall. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,808, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,869.

In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Holkerian' derives its name from Holker Hall.[1]

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  1. Harland, W.B. 1990 A Geologic Time Scale 1989, Cambridge University Press p43