Waverton
Waverton is a linear village and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Waverton lies on the main A596 road east of a bridge over the River Waver, 2.2 miles south west from Wigton and 14.2 miles from the nearest city, Carlisle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 321 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Waverton, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wigton railway station and Church of St Mary.
Wigton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigton railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Wigton in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Wigton railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of Waverton.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles east of Waverton.
The Nelson Thomlinson School
School
The Nelson Thomlinson School is a comprehensive coeducational secondary school located in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, England. The school's motto is the Latin phrase Fide et Operis, "Faith and Works". The Nelson Thomlinson School is situated 2 miles east of Waverton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waverbridge and Aikhead.
Waverbridge
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waverbridge is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dundraw, right on the boundary with the civil parish of Waverton in Cumbria, England. It is located approximately two-and-three-quarter miles north-west of Wigton, three-and-three-quarter miles south-east of Abbeytown, and seven-and-a-half miles north-east of Aspatria.
Aikhead
Locality
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aikhead is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District. It is about one and a half miles northwest of Wigton, and is in the civil parish of Woodside. The hamlet was the residence of John Rooke, an English geologist.
Blencogo
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blencogo is a small farming village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bromfield, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Blencogo is situated 1½ miles west of Waverton.
Waverton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Waverton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.81519° or 54° 48′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.21009° or 3° 12′ 36″ westPopulation
321Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WT4Open location code
9C6RRQ8Q+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 29281809OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Waverton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waverton (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Waverton”
- Chinese: “Waverton”
- Dutch: “Waverton”
- French: “Waverton”
- Irish: “Waverton”
- Italian: “Waverton (Cumbria)”
- Italian: “Waverton”
- Ladin: “Waverton (Cumbria)”
- Ladin: “Waverton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Waverton (Cumbria)”
- Persian: “ویورتون، کامبریا”
- Polish: “Waverton”
- Swedish: “Waverton (parish)”
- Swedish: “Waverton, Cumbria”
- Swedish: “Waverton”
- Turkish: “Waverton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Waverton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Waverton”
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