Census Day is Sunday 21 March 2021
The census is coming. By taking part, you can help inform decisions about services that shape your community, such as healthcare, education and transport.
How the census will work in 2021.
Parish Council Elections May 2021
If you’re interested in standing as a candidate in the parish election, please contact electoral services at SLDC or the Parish Council.
How to become a district or parish councillor
Vacancy – Parish Clerk for Lowick PC
Lowick Parish Council is seeking interested persons that may wish to serve their local Parish community and also receive a small hourly wage for the time worked.
Whereas Councillors work on a purely voluntary basis the role of a Clerk is a salaried position but with hours that can be varied to suit most individuals. Attendance at our bi-monthly meeting is however necessary. The ideal candidate will reside in the Parish and be motivated to play a key role in assisting developments in the locality.
If you are interested please send an email to lowickpc@outlook.com and we can arrange a time for an informal telephone chat and to send the appropriate paperwork for your consideration. All training for the role will be provided – no prior experience necessary.
Thank you and hope to hear from you soon!
Lowick News – Newsletter no. 4

The fourth issue of our community newsletter is available to download.
Lowick Parish Council newsletter issue four (pdf format, 1.5Mb)
Want to receive this newsletter via email?
Please send a request to the Parish Clerk and you will be added to our mailing list.
High speed broadband in Lowick
B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) is a community benefit society which installs one gigabit-per-second capable full fibre optic broadband in rural communities.
Lowick Green Allotments
A new “cupboard on legs” has been installed on the allotments. The Exchange provides a much needed resource for all the allotment holders.
Haverthwaite surgery
Do you use Facebook? The surgery at Haverthwaite have joined Facebook to help share news from the practice.
www.facebook.com/HaverthwaiteGPSurgery
Lowick lengthsman
Spotted a problem for our parish lengthsman? Contact the Parish Clerk with as much detail as possible.
Reporting potholes
You can report a pothole on the highway to Cumbria County Council with the reporting tool on the council website or via FixMyStreet.
Unlawful use of off-road motorbikes
The Parish Council is continuing to receive multiple reports of a large increase in the number of motorbikes riding unlawfully on footpaths and across designated land particularly in the area between Great Burney and Beacon Tarn and now on Lowick Common. Riders have also been observed riding on the highway illegally.
A great deal of damage is being done to the landscape and there are reports of walkers being intimidated. We still strongly encourage residents to report these events to the Police – the more reports received the more time will be devoted to curtailing this destructive activity.
How to report non-emergency crime.
Crake Community First Responders
Crake Community First Responders would like to invite more members of the community to become First Responders, especially in the Penny Bridge/Greenodd and Spark Bridge areas.
Grizedale Arts in the Crake Valley
Grizedale Arts has launched a new project to save The Farmer’s Arms and re-open it as a pub and a new kind of rural arts centre.
Watch a recording of the presentation about the project.
Services from SLDC
The latest news about our local services from SLDC during Covid-19.
Services from Cumbria County Council
The latest news about our local services from CCC during Covid-19.
Scams advice from Trading Standards
More advice from Cumbria County Council Trading Standards.
Safer Lakes
Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for visitors to Cumbria and the Lake District
Latest updates Lake District National Park Authority website
Posters
The LDNPA has produced some posters to help keep the community safe.