Official Name: | Sedgwick |
Static Image: | Sedgwick village - geograph.org.uk - 503249.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Sedgwick village |
Population: | 349 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Country: | England |
Os Grid Reference: | SD508878 |
Coordinates: | 54.28°N -2.746°W |
Civil Parish: | Sedgwick |
Shire District: | South Lakeland |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Post Town: | KENDAL |
Postcode Area: | LA |
Postcode District: | LA8 |
Dial Code: | 015395 |
Constituency Westminster: | Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom South Lakeland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Lakeland |
Sedgwick is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, 4.5miles south of Kendal. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 380, decreasing at the 2011 census to 349.
Part of the historic county of Westmorland, its main points of interest are 2 Grade II listed buildings:
Sizergh Castle & Garden and Levens Hall are just west of the village.
The gunpowder works in Sedgwick, powered by water from the River Kent, operated to 1935.[1] From 1819 the works had access to the Lancaster Canal, and they were probably the cause of the rapid expansion of the village in the Victorian era.
The Lakeland Maze Farm Park is situated to the east of the village.