Lowick, Cumbria

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latitude= 54.268
longitude=-3.083
official_name =Lowick
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shire_county= Cumbria
region= North West England
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Lowick is a village in Cumbria (until 1974 in Lancashire), England. It appears in records as early as 1202 as "Lofwik", and later as "Laufwik". The name derives from Old Norse "Lauf-vík" (meaning leafy bay).

Lowick is made up of several small hamlets, including Woddgate, Lowick Bridge and Lowick Green. The Green has a red phone box, one of the surviving few in Britain.

There is a pub in Lowick called 'The Red Lion' which hosts a quiz night every other Tuesday. the questions are usually compiled by a man named Wiggy. There is another pub called 'The Farmers Arms', on the border between Lowick and the next small village, Spark Bridge.

There is a primary school in the village, which is attended by a very small numberquantify|date=August 2008 of pupils. It was on Northwest News for a brief time as it was under threat of closing down.

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

Every May bank holiday one household in the village hosts a 'duck race', whereby plastic ducks are put into the stream in the house's garden and 'raced' against each other. The race is followed by food and drink until late in the evening.

The crime rate in the village is lowquantify|date=August 2008.

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