{{Short description|Civil parish in Cumbria, England}} {{For|people named Lamplugh|Lamplugh (surname)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.5743|-3.4113|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Lamplugh | population = 805 | population_ref = ''(2011)''<ref name=census2011/> | civil_parish = Lamplugh | unitary_england = [[Cumberland (district)|Cumberland]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Cumbria]] | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = [[Whitehaven and Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Whitehaven and Workington]] | post_town = WORKINGTON | postcode_district = CA14 | postcode_area = CA | dial_code = 01946 | os_grid_reference = NY088208 | london_distance = | static_image_name = Lamplugh Church - geograph.org.uk - 240185.jpg | static_image_caption = St. Michael's Church, Lamplugh | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Copeland | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Copeland Borough }}
'''Lamplugh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|æ|m|p|l|ə}}) is a scattered community and [[civil parish]] located in West [[Cumbria]] on the edge of the English [[Lake District]] and [[Historic counties of England|historically]] part of [[Cumberland]]. It had a population of 763 in 2001,<ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=16UE012|title=Lamplugh Parish|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref> increasing to 805 at the 2011 Census.<ref name=census2011>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04010479|title=Lamplugh Parish|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
The main A5086 road from [[Cockermouth]] to [[Egremont, Cumbria|Egremont]] runs roughly north–south through the community. The [[Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont Railway]], later LMS, also ran through the parish, with a [[Lamplugh railway station|station]] in Wright Green. North of Rowrah this lost its passenger service in 1931 and was closed to all traffic in 1954.
Unusually, the village has no obvious centre. While [[St Michael, Lamplugh|St. Michael's church]] is built on the highest point in the village, the local pub, the Lamplugh Tip Inn, is over a mile away on the A5086. The inn was closed for some time for renovation but has now reopened.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://westcumbria.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=182242 | title=Former Lamplugh Tip Inn reopens after 14 years closure as the Countryman pub - West Cumbria CAMRA }}</ref>
Lamplugh School (the local primary school) is at the hamlet of Kirkland. Because Lamplugh Civil Parish is very large, it includes Kirkland as well as Eskett and also, until recent boundary changes, parts of both Ennerdale Bridge and Rowrah.
The village is on the edge of the [[Lake District National Park]]. The roads from St. Michael's Church towards [[Loweswater]] and from the church towards [[Croasdale|Ennerdale]] form part of the national park boundary, with the national park lying to the east of the roads. While parts of the village lie within the national park, almost all dwellings are outside the national park and so are cheaper than in [[Loweswater]].
The boundary of this large parish is shown on 1:25,000 O.S. sheet OL4 "English Lakes NW". Much more information about Lamplugh is available in "The Parish of Lamplugh" published by the parish council in 1993 {{ISBN|0-9522511-0-8}}, and "Lamplugh Church" published by Lamplugh and District Heritage Society in 2004. {{ISBN|0-9547482-0-4}}
Lamplugh is the starting point for a number of walks, and is also on the [[Sea to Sea Cycle Route|Sea to Sea / C2C / Coast to Coast Cycle Route]], which runs along the roads forming the national park boundary described above.
Lamplugh, renamed "Crossbridge", features in two of [[Melvyn Bragg]]'s novels - "The Hired Man" and "Without a City Wall" On 2 June 2010, Lamplugh was the scene of the first murder during the [[killing spree]] known as the [[Cumbria shootings]], when Derrick Bird, of Rowrah, shot his twin brother, David, who was a resident of Lamplugh.<ref>{{cite news | title = Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10232051 | publisher = BBC | date = 2010-06-03 | access-date = 2010-06-04}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Cumbria}} *[[Listed buildings in Lamplugh]] *[[Llan place name element#Examples of Lan place names in Cumbria|Llan place name element]]
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== External links == *[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/lamplugh Cumbria County History Trust: Lamplugh] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) *{{oscoor gbx|NY088207}}
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