Siddick

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Siddick
Cumberland

Siddick Ponds Nature Reserve
Location
Grid reference: NY000311
Location: 54°39’56"N, 3°33’-0"W
Data
Post town: Workington
Postcode: CA14
Dialling code: 01900
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Workington

Siddick is a village in Cumberland, the A596 road about two miles north of Workington.

This is a little, coastal village, on the Irish Sea, and fishing contributes to the local economy.[1]

Siddick Ponds Nature Reserve just to the south of the village is a protected area and Site of Special Scientific Interest.[2]

There is a large manufacturing area at the east of the village, with Eastman Chemical Company and Indorama Corporation chemical plants.[3]

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Siddick)

References

  1. WRC information. Water Research Centre.. 1980. p. 319. https://books.google.com/books?id=QaslAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 19 July 2012. 
  2. SSSI listing and designation for Siddick Ponds
  3. Barwise, Jenny; "Bosses of factory deny closure rumours", News & Star, 17 August 2013