Lower Holker

Lower Holker
Holker Hall
Lower Holker is located in Cumbria
Lower Holker
Lower Holker
Location within Cumbria
Population1,869 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSD3677
Civil parish
  • Lower Holker
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode districtLA11
Dialling code01539
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°10′27″N 2°58′20″W / 54.1743°N 2.9721°W / 54.1743; -2.9721

Lower Holker is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Cark and Flookburgh, the hamlets of Holker, Ravenstown and Sand Gate, and historic Holker Hall. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,808,[2] increasing at the 2011 census to 1,869.[1]

In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Holkerian' derives its name from Holker Hall.[3]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lower Holker Parish (E04002627)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Lower Holker Parish (16UG044)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ Harland, W.B. 1990 A Geologic Time Scale 1989, Cambridge University Press p43