Lower Holker

Lower Holker
Lower Holker
	Holker Hall
	Lower Holker Location within Cumbria
Population	1,869 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD3677
Civil parish	Lower Holker;
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode district	LA11
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54.1743°N 2.9721°W

Lower Holker is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness 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]

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

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