Lamplugh
| Lamplugh | |
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 St. Michael's Church, Lamplugh |
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 Lamplugh
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| Lamplugh shown within Cumbria | |
| Population | 805 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | NY113207 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WORKINGTON |
| Postcode district | CA14 |
| Dialling code | 01946 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Lamplugh (/ˈlæmplə/ is a scattered community and civil parish located in west Cumbria on the edge of the English Lake District and historically part of Cumberland. The main A5086 road from Cockermouth to Egremont runs roughly north-south through the community. The Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont Railway, later LMS, also ran through the parish, with a station in Wright Green. North of Rowrah this lost its passenger service in 1931 and was closed to all traffic in 1954.
Unusually, the village has no obvious centre. While St. Michael's church is built on the highest point in the village, the local pub, the Lamplugh Tip Inn, is over a mile away on the A5086. (The inn is currently closed, and has been undergoing renovation for a few years.) Lamplugh School (the local primary school), is at the hamlet of Kirkland. Because Lamplugh Civil Parish is very large it includes Kirkland, as well as Eskett, and also, until recent boundary changes, parts of both Ennerdale Bridge and Rowrah.
The village is on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The roads from St. Michael's Church towards Loweswater and from the church towards Ennerdale form part of the national park boundary, with the national park lying to the east of the roads. While parts of the village lie within the national park, almost all dwellings are outside the national park and so are cheaper than in Loweswater.
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