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Salwick
Windmill Tavern public house, Salwick
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OS grid reference	SD463322
Civil parish	Newton-with-Clifton
District	Fylde
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR4
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Fylde
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°47′02″N 2°48′54″W / 53.784°N 2.815°W / 53.784; -2.815

Salwick is a village between Kirkham and Preston in Lancashire, England. The village is largely rural and is an extension of the smaller Clifton to the south. It is in the borough of Fylde, and in the Parliamentary Constituency of Fylde, and forms part of the civil parish of Newton-with-Clifton. It is at grid reference SD466320, and is served by Salwick railway station.

The area of "Clifton With Salwick" was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Diocese of Chester.

The etymology of Salwick is unclear. The "wick" may come from Old English wic, meaning an earlier Romano-British settlement specialised in farming; but the "Sal(w)" element is unclear.

Salwick is the home of the Springfields nuclear fuel manufacturing plant operated by Westinghouse Electric Company, which dominates the village.

In November 2021 a poultry farm near Salwick was the location for an outbreak of Bird Flu (Avian influenza H5N1). Temporary control zones spanning 3 km (1.9 mi) and 10 km (6.2 mi) around the property were set up, spanning from Blackpool to Fulwood.

The Hand and Dagger is a popular country pub, dating from about 1800, next to bridge 26 on the Lancaster Canal. The unusual name derives from the devices shown on the crest of the local Clifton family.

• Rural view of Salwick
• Hand and Dagger pub alongside the Lancaster Canal

See also

• Listed buildings in Newton-with-Clifton

References

1. "Bird Flu outbreak in Lancashire: What is it? What are the symptoms? How does it spread to humans and how can we stop it?". 13 November 2021.
2. "Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Kirkham | Blackpool Gazette". 17 November 2021.
3. "Hand and Dagger, FYLDE, Lancashire | Pub info @ Publocation".
4. ""Clifton Family crest - Lytham" by Robert Wheatley at PicturesofEngland.com". www.picturesofengland.com. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

External links

• Genealogy of Salwick

v t e Geography of the Borough of Fylde
Towns	Kirkham Lytham St Annes Wesham
Villages	Clifton Corner Row Elswick Esprick Freckleton Great Plumpton Greenhalgh Hall Cross Higher Ballam Little Plumpton Lower Ballam Moss Side Newton-with-Scales Peel Roseacre Salwick Singleton Staining Thistleton Treales Warton Weeton Westby Wharles Wrea Green
Parishes	Bryning-with-Warton Elswick Freckleton Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton Kirkham Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck Medlar-with-Wesham Newton-with-Clifton Ribby-with-Wrea St Annes-on-the-Sea Singleton Staining Treales, Roseacre and Wharles Weeton-with-Preese Westby-with-Plumptons
Topography	The Fylde Ribble Estuary Rivers: Hillylaid Pool, Main Dyke

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