Lowick, Cumbria

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Lowick
Lowick shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	SD2986
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°16′05″N 3°04′59″W / 54.268, -3.083

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. The village is very pretty but not very exciting.

There is a primary school in the village, which is attended by a very small number 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 low, although there have been some surprising and shocking incidents in past years. The stables of one household were set fire to deliberately and the horses and other animals inside the stables sadly died. Another household was 'broken into' by a youth who had escaped with his friend from a boys' boarding school in a neighbouring village and needed money to continue their journey. Nothing was stolen as the boys were caught, but the incident caused much excitement.