Place:Millom, Westmorland, England

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NameMillom
Alt namesMillomsource: from redirect
Haveriggsource: from redirect
TypeParish
Coordinates54.209°N 3.27°W
Located inWestmorland, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inCumbria, England     (1974 - )
See alsoCopeland District, Cumbria, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon around 6 miles (9.7 km) directly north of Barrow in Furness. (However, by road around the estuary, the distance is 23 miles (37.0 km).) It is 26 miles (41.8 km) south of Whitehaven in southwest Cumbria. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park.

Millom was constructed as a "new town", beginning in 1866 and subsumed the village of Holborn Hill. Built around ironworks, the town grew to a size of over 10,000 people by the 1960s, but has struggled since the works were closed in 1968.

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For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Millom.

Haverigg

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Haverigg is a village on the southwest coast of Cumbria, England, historically part of the county of Westmorland. It is a ward within the civil parish of Millom, and is within the local government district of Copeland. In 2001 it had a population of 1,791 in 548 households, increasing in 2011 to a population of 1,849 in 549 households. Haverigg is to the south of Whitehaven, to the north of Barrow in Furness and to the west of Millom.

The name Haverigg derives from the Old Norse and can be translated as ‘the hill where oats are grown'.

Haverigg is at the mouth of the Duddon Estuary, a protected area important for birds and other wildlife. Haverigg has an extensive, quiet Blue Flag beach. There is also access to a seawall with a lighthouse which protects Hodbarrow Lagoon, part of Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve.

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