Westward
Westward is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria. It had a population of 814, at the 2001 census, increasing slightly to 838 at the 2011 Census.Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 816 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Westward, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and The Nelson Thomlinson School.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2½ miles northwest of Westward.
The Nelson Thomlinson School
School
The Nelson Thomlinson School is an 11–18 comprehensive coeducational secondary school with a sixth form in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, England. The Nelson Thomlinson School is situated 2 miles northwest of Westward.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolton New Houses and Brackenthwaite.
Bolton New Houses
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton New Houses is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. Historically a part of Cumberland, it is located 3.1 miles by the road to the southwest of South End. Bolton New Houses is situated 1½ miles west of Westward.
Brackenthwaite
Locality
Brackenthwaite is a settlement situated some 3 miles south-east of the town of Wigton in the English county of Cumbria. It should not be confused with the identically named settlement of Brackenthwaite that is situated some 6 miles south of Cockermouth in the same county. Brackenthwaite is situated 1½ miles northeast of Westward.
Bolton Low Houses
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton Low Houses is a small village in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Cumberland, it is located 3.1 miles by road to the southwest of South End. Bolton Low Houses is situated 2½ miles west of Westward.
Westward
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Westward, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.79246° or 54° 47′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.13181° or 3° 7′ 55″ westPopulation
816Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)Open location code
9C6RQVR9+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 29360145OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2634241Wikidata ID
Q1964975
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Westward” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Westward”
- Chinese: “Westward”
- Dutch: “Westward”
- French: “Westward”
- Hebrew: “וסטווֹרד, קמבריה”
- Irish: “Westward”
- Italian: “Westward”
- Ladin: “Westward”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Westward”
- Persian: “وستوارد، کامبریا”
- Polish: “Westward”
- Swedish: “Westward (parish i Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “Westward”
- Tatar: “Вествард”
- Turkish: “Westward, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Westward, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Westward”
- “Westward”
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