Salwick

Salwick
The Windmill Tavern public house, Salwick
Salwick
Salwick shown within Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD463322
Civil parish	Newton with Clifton
District	Fylde
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR4
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Fylde
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°47′02″N 2°48′54″W / 53.784°N 2.815°W / 53.784; -2.815Coordinates: 53°47′02″N 2°48′54″W / 53.784°N 2.815°W / 53.784; -2.815

Salwick is a village between Kirkham and Preston in Lancashire, England. The village is largely rural and is an extension of the smaller Clifton to the south. It is in the borough of Fylde, and in the Parliamentary Constituency of Fylde, and forms part of the civil parish of Newton with Clifton. It is at grid reference SD466320, and is served by Salwick railway station.

The area of "Clifton With Salwick" was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Diocese of Chester.

The etymology of Salwick is unclear. The "wick" may come from Old English wic, meaning an earlier Romano-British settlement specialised in farming; but the "Sal(w)" element is unclear.

Salwick is the home of the Springfields nuclear fuel manufacturing plant.

A rural view of Salwick

The Hand and Dagger alongside the Lancaster Canal

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