Lower Wick

Lower Wick
Lower Wick
	Lower Wick Location within Gloucestershire
Civil parish	Alkington;
District	Stroud;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wotton-under-Edge
Postcode district	GL12
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Stroud;
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°39′59″N 2°25′11″W / 51.66639°N 2.41972°W

Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England.^[1] It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eighteen miles southwest of Gloucester and fifteen miles northeast of Bristol. Lower Wick is within the civil parish of Alkington.^[2]

The hamlet contains approximately 17 homes (including the old school house, now converted into a dwelling) and a restaurant. Most of the older properties were built by the Berkeley family who once owned much of the land.

One of the farms in the hamlet still has a working wind pump in use today which is over one hundred years old.

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 162 Gloucester & Forest of Dean (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319229118.
^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

External links

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51°39′59″N 2°25′11″W / 51.66639°N 2.41972°W / 51.66639; -2.41972

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[OS162-1] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 162 Gloucester & Forest of Dean (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319229118.

[OSelec-2] "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

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