Urswick
Sign in to saveUrswick is a civil parish that includes the villages of Great Urswick and Little Urswick. It is located in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. The villages are situated to the south-west of the town of Ulverston. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 351, decreasing at the 2011 census to 1,397.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- General Burgoyne Inn, Great Urswick - geograph.org.uk - 865587.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The General Burgoyne public house, Great Urswick
- UK place.official_name
- Urswick
- UK place.population
- 1,397
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Urswick
- UK place.unitary_england
- Westmorland and Furness
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Barrow and Furness
- UK place.post_town
- ULVERSTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- LA12
- UK place.postcode_area
- LA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01229
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD267741
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom South Lakeland
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in South Lakeland
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Urswick is a civil parish that includes the villages of Great Urswick and Little Urswick. It is located in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. The villages are situated to the south-west of the town of Ulverston. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 351, decreasing at the 2011 census to 1,397.
Great Urswick is situated along the north and west sides of Urswick Tarn, a small body of water (c. 1100 feet by 600), although the largest such natural body in Low Furness. The tarn is fed from the surrounding hills and feeds Gleaston Beck to the south, the water is said to have a red hue due to the iron content of the surrounding land. Little Urswick, the smaller of the two settlements, stands further south on the lower slopes of a limestone outcrop known as Bolton Heads.