Holmrook
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.Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Holmrook, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter and Drigg railway station.
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.
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.
Irton Cross
Archaeological site
Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irton Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross in the graveyard of St Paul's Church, in the parish of Irton with Santon, Cumbria, England. Dating from the early 9th century, it lies chronologically between the Bewcastle Cross and the Gosforth cross and has greater affinity with the earlier Anglo-Roman style of Bewcastle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drigg and Ravenglass.
Drigg
Village
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 south of Holmrook.
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.
Holmrook
- Category: locality
- Location: Irton with Santon, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.38357° or 54° 23′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.42338° or 3° 25′ 24″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HMKOpen location code
9C6R9HMG+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 29541756OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6930541Wikidata ID
Q5883780
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Holmrook” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Holmrook”
- French: “Holmrook”
- Irish: “Holmrook”
- Polish: “Holmrook”
- Welsh: “Holmrook”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Holmrook Reading Room and Heads Wood.
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