Wray, Lancashire
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Wray is the Scarecrow Village of Lancashire, England, and has its own village website.
The Village boasts a Post Office and General Store, 2 Pubs, The George and Dragon on Main Street and the New Inn on Hornby Road, a new Cafe at Bridge House Farm, and of course the beautiful scenery and walks which surround the Village including the banks of the River Roeburn.
Wray is also a wifi hotspot, with a project being run there by Lancaster University using a Locust World system of meshboxes to share the signal out to all the villagers.
Wray is home to the maggot races, an annual event which raises money for local charities.
[edit] History
The Wray Flood of August 8th 1967
A flash flood of incredible speed and ferocity in the river Roeburn left a trail of destruction that resulted in the loss of houses, bridges, livestock, vehicles, and personal possessions. Remarkably, despite the scale of the devastation caused by the flood, no serious injury was done to any of the people of the village.
The local significance of the Flood of 1967 is illustrated in the Millennium Mosaic, completed in September 2000, which represents the wind and storm spewing out a great tide of water. The Mosaic is sited in the 'Flood Garden' on Main Street, the site of some of the houses demolished as a result of the flood.
there is also a scarecrow festival every year during the week leading up to may day, there will be a fair on the bank holiday. during the week there are refreshments served daily in the village hall and a parade of the giants.
