Drigg
Drigg is a village on the coast of the Irish Sea in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England. It borders the Lake District National Park. Next to the village is the site of the UK's low-level radioactive waste storage facility.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 449 residents
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Drigg, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drigg railway station and St Peter.
Drigg railway station
Railway station
Photo: William Barker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drigg is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 31 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Drigg and Holmrook in Cumbria.
St Peter
Church
Photo: Alex.brad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Peter, Drigg is in Drigg, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Black Combe, Drigg, Eskdale, Irton, Muncaster and Waberthwaite. The church is not a listed building.
Ravenglass railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenglass is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 29+1⁄4 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of Ravenglass in Cumbria. Ravenglass railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Drigg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holmrook and Seascale.
Holmrook
Village
Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west.
Seascale
Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.
Ravenglass
Village
Photo: Rob Noble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenglass is an English coastal village in west Cumbria that lies between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven, on the estuary of three rivers: the Esk, Mite and Irt. Ravenglass is situated 2 miles southeast of Drigg.
Drigg
- Category: locality
- Location: Drigg and Carleton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.37917° or 54° 22′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.44119° or 3° 26′ 28″ westPopulation
449Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C6R9HH5+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 29541757OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650989Wikidata ID
Q5307512
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Drigg” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “德里格”
- Dutch: “Drigg”
- French: “Drigg”
- Irish: “Drigg”
- Japanese: “ドリグ”
- Polish: “Drigg”
- Welsh: “Drigg”
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