Westward

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Westward
Cumberland

St. Hilda's Church, Westward
Location
Grid reference: NY272446
Location: 54°47’31"N, 3°7’59"W
Data
Population: 838  (2011)
Post town: Wigton
Postcode: CA7
Dialling code: 01697
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Westward is a small village in Cumberland, which had a population of 814 at the 2011 census. The village s to be found on the south side of the Wiza Beck, three miles south of the town of Wigton.

The Nobel prize winner William Henry Bragg was born in Westward in 1862.

Outside links

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about Cumbria Westward)

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