Drigg

Drigg is a village situated in the civil parish of Drigg and Carleton on the West Cumbria coast of the Irish Sea and on the boundary of the Lake District National Park in the county of Cumbria, England.

Drigg and Carleton parish comprises the areas and settlements of Drigg, Stubble Green, Low Moor, Carleton, Saltcoats, Maudsyke, Wray Head, Hallsenna, Holmrook.

Drigg sits to the North of the River Irt, with Carleton to the South of the river. The river runs from Wastwater lake to the Irish Sea. There are three bridges over the river in the parish; the main bridge is in Holmrook which takes the A595 road over the river. The Cumbrian Coast Line railway crosses the River Irt at the head of the tidal estuary where the Irt joins the River Mite at Ravenglass. There is an old small pack horse bridge in the Drigg Holmes which does not take vehicles.

Drigg railway station is on the Cumbrian Coast Line.

During WW2 a Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF Drigg) was established at Drigg between the railway line and the sea. This is now the site of Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Low Level Waste Repository. The parish has many areas of natural beauty and interest: the sandy beach and dunes, Hallsenna Moor and Drigg Holmes. In particular part of the dunes are an important bird reserve , a Local Nature Reserve and an SSSI.

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Drigg Reserve LNR Citation [1]

Coordinates: 54°22′46″N 3°27′25″W / 54.37944°N 3.45694°W / 54.37944; -3.45694