Claife

Claife
Wray Castle and the Langdale Pikes
Claife  Claife shown within Cumbria
Population	298 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD3795
Civil parish	Claife
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AMBLESIDE
Postcode district	LA22
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
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Coordinates: 54°22′12″N 2°57′36″W / 54.370°N 2.960°W

Claife is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated west of Windermere, and east of Esthwaite Water and the village of Hawkshead. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 392,^[1] reducing to 298 at the 2011 census.^[2] Settlements in the parish include two villages, Near and Far Sawrey in the south; and the hamlets of High Wray, Low Wray, Colthouse and Loanthwaite in the north.

In the central area of the parish is Claife Heights, a hilly area which rises to 800 feet (240 m) above sea level at Latterbarrow and contains several tarns.^[3] There is one major road in the parish, the B5285 connecting Hawkshead to the Windermere Ferry terminus at Far Sawrey.

At Low Wray is Wray Castle, a 19th-century house and grounds now owned by the National Trust. Many of the woodlands in the parish, including the area alongside Windermere are part of the National Trust's Hawkshead and Claife property.^[4]

References

1. "Parish information from the 2001 census" (PDF). Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
2. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
3. "'Townships: Claife', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8 (1914)". University of London & History of Parliament Trust. p. 380. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
4. "Hawkshead and Claife". National Trust. Retrieved 2009-02-14.