Towns & cities · North East England
Lowca
Lowca — a village located in Copeland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Parton · 1.4 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Lowca is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 773 people. Wikidata describes it as: "a village located in Copeland, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 54.5833°, -3.5833°.
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Lowca is a village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria, just to the north of the village of Moresby. It had a population of 773 in 2001, increasing to 888 at the 2011 Census. It was formerly a mining area but is now noted for its wind farm. Lowca looks out over the Solway Firth to the west. The village used to stand next to a huge black slag heap called Pit Bank until the slag heap was redeveloped in the 1980s, along with a new road leading directly through Lowca from the A595. Lowca has its own community school, previously known as Lowca Primary School, and rugby team.
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Background
History
In 1800, brothers Adam, Thomas and Crosby Heslop, formerly associated with the ironworks at Seaton near Workington, established an iron foundry and engineering business on the seashore by the mouth of the Lowca Beck. The impetus for the business was probably the success of the twin-cylinder steam engine Adam had invented while working in Shropshire in 1790, and there was no shortage of finance, hence the company title "Heslops, Milward, Johnston & Co." The three brothers were all dead by the mid-1830s so the investors sold up, and the works was taken over by local iron mining partnership Tulk and Ley which began a long tradition of locomotive manufacture. In 1857 it was sold again, to…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5833, -3.5833
- District
- Cumberland
- Parish
- Lowca
- Postcode
- CA28 6QN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Population
- 773
- Nearest railway station
- Parton — 1.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q583782 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lowca (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Lowca-cumbria.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lowca?
- Lowca is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA28 6QN), in the parish of Lowca.
- Is Lowca free to visit?
- Yes, Lowca is free to enter.
- How do I get to Lowca?
- The nearest railway station is Parton, about 1.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CA28 6QN.