Tewitfield

Tewitfield
Tewitfield Marina, Lancaster Canal
Tewitfield Location in the City of Lancaster district Show map of the City of Lancaster district Tewitfield Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD520736
Civil parish	Priest Hutton
District	Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARNFORTH
Postcode district	LA6
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Morecambe and Lunesdale

Tewitfield is a hamlet in Lancashire, England, near Borwick and Carnforth, and in the parish of Priest Hutton. The word "tewit" is a name for the bird better known as the lapwing.^[1]

Canal and locks

Tewitfield Locks is the current terminus of the navigable Lancaster Canal, and the furthest north point on navigable inland waterways in England and Wales.^[2] The Inland Waterways Association includes Tewitfield Marina as one of the locations in its "Silver Paddle Challenge" which encourages boaters to "Explore the far flung reaches of the network".^[3]

The Lancaster Canal Trust, the Northern Reaches Restoration Group and others are campaigning for the re-opening of the Canal to its original terminus at Kendal, Cumbria. This would involve, among other things, refurbishing the seven locks situated just north of the hamlet, which are without gates and functioning only as weirs.^[4] The locks are grade II listed.^[5]

Chapel

Tewitfield Methodist Chapel in 2010

Tewitfield Methodist chapel may have been built as an ale-house for workers building the canal, and in 2017 became used a base for volunteers restoring the canal.^[6][7]

References

1. "Tewit". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
2. Miles, Paul (17 February 2024). "After five years on a narrowboat, I've finally reached the end of the canal network". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
3. "Silver Propeller Challenge". The Inland Waterways Association. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
   "Tewitfield Marina, Lancaster Canal". The Inland Waterways Association. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
4. "Restoring the Lancaster Canal from Tewitfield to Kendal". Lancaster Canal Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
5. Historic England. "Lancaster Canal Tewitfield Locks (1166295)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
6. "Priest Hutton". www.mourholme.co.uk. Mourholme Local History Society. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
7. Garnett, Rachel (27 November 2017). "Canal volunteers secure new base for Tewitfield restoration". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 18 February 2024.