Lowick, Cumbria Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:St Lukes Church at Lowick, Cumbria - geograph.org.uk - 835685.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Luke's Church
Coordinates:54.268°N -3.083°W
Official Name:Lowick
Population:227
Population Ref:(2011)
Civil Parish:Lowick
Unitary England:Westmorland and Furness
Lieutenancy England:Cumbria
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Barrow and Furness
Post Town:ULVERSTON
Postcode District:LA12
Postcode Area:LA
Dial Code:01229
Os Grid Reference:SD2986
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom South Lakeland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in South Lakeland

Lowick is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Prior to 1 April 1974 it was part of Lancashire, the change being as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. From 1974 to 2023 it was in South Lakeland district. The village appears in records as early as 1202 as Lofwik, and later as Laufwik: the name derives from the Old Norse "Lauf-vík" (English: Leafy Bay).

In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 224, increasing slightly at the 2011 census to 227.

The parish is made up of several small hamlets including Beck Bottom, Lowick Bridge, Lowick Green and Woodgate. Lowick Green has a red phone box, one of a number surviving in rural Britain.

For hundreds of years, Lowick was a two-pub parish, with the "Red Lion" at Lowick Bridge and the "Farmer's Arms" at Lowick Green. However, from 2021, the Farmer's Arms is run as a community hub.[1]

The village had its own primary school until 2004 when Cumbria County Council closed the school with 18 pupils.[2] Numbers had fallen increasingly over the latter years and a number of local families already sent their children to larger schools nearby.[3]

There is an annual event in the village called the Lowick Show, known locally as the L'al Royal, which attracts visitors from nearby towns and villages. There are games, stalls, cattle, ferret and dog shows, as well as competitions for bakery, and arts and crafts.

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  1. News: Glover . Mike . The restoration one of the Lake District's oldest pubs . 27 July 2021 . Great British Life . 20 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Lowick CofE School, Ulverston: Schools in Ulverston.
  3. Web site: School Organisation Committee decide to close Lowick School : Cumbria County Council . 16 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405140935/http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/news/2003/january/School-Organisation-Committee-decide-to-close-Lowick-School.asp . 5 April 2012 . dead .