Great Clifton


Great Clifton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in the English county of Cumbria. In the 2001 census, it has a population of 1,101, increasing slightly to 1,114 at the 2011 Census. The River Derwent is roughly north of Great Clifton.

Location

is west of the village and Cockermouth is east.

Features

The village has a post office, general store and three pubs.
The village school, Derwent Vale Primary School, was built in 1995. Its predecessor was in a building opposite the old pit, now a private residence.
There are several wind farms nearby, one being the Winscales Moor Wind Farm whose Community Fund has contributed money to the local village hall.
The local rugby league team, the Great Clifton Lions, currently compete in the CARLA League.

Governance

Great Clifton, is part of the Workington constituency of the UK parliament. The current Member of Parliament is Sue Hayman, a member of the Labour Party. The Labour Party has won the seat in every general election since 1979; the Conservative Party has only been elected once in Workington since the Second World War: in the 1976 Workington by-election.
For the European Parliament residents in Great Clifton vote to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.
For Local Government purposes it is in the Stainburn + Clifton Ward of Allerdale Borough Council and the St Johns + Great Clifton Division of Cumbria County Council.
Great Clifton has its own Parish Council; Great Clifton Parish Council.

Notable people

Ex Footballer John Burridge lived in the village as a child, he mentioned this in his autobiography Budgie.

Listed building

There is one listed building in the parish, the house at No. 5 Middlegate. It is roughcast with a green slate roof, and has two storeys and three bays. The doorway has an architrave with a pediment, and the windows are sashes.