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Borwick
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St Mary's Church
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Borwick
Location in the City of Lancaster district
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Borwick
Location within Lancashire
Population181 (2011)
OS grid reference SD525730
Civil parish
  • Borwick
District
Shire county
Region
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARNFORTH
Postcode district LA6
Dialling code 01524
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54°09′04″N2°43′41″W / 54.151°N 2.728°W / 54.151; -2.728 Coordinates: 54°09′04″N2°43′41″W / 54.151°N 2.728°W / 54.151; -2.728

Borwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, about 8 miles north of Lancaster, on the Lancaster Canal. It is situated just south of the border with Cumbria. The parish of Borwick had a population of 210 recorded in the 2001 census, [1] decreasing to 181 at the 2011 Census. [2]

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The former Borwick railway station

Borwick railway station was on the former Furness and Midland Joint Railway, now Leeds to Morecambe Line, until its closure in 1960.

In film

Borwick Hall was used for the exterior scenes of the television series The Ghosts of Motley Hall, in 1977.

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References

  1. "Parish headcount" (PDF). Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Borwick Parish (E04005180)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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