Tewitfield
{{Short description|Hamlet in Lancashire, England}}
{{Refimproved|date=February 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Tewitfield
|static_image_name = Tewitfield Marina, Lancaster Canal - geograph.org.uk - 1508395.jpg
|static_image_caption = Tewitfield Marina, Lancaster Canal
| civil_parish= Priest Hutton
| country= England
| region= North West England
| os_grid_reference= SD520736
| coordinates = {{coord|54.156|-2.736|display=inline,title}}
| post_town= CARNFORTH
| postcode_area= LA
| postcode_district= LA6
| dial_code= 01524
| shire_district= Lancaster
| shire_county= Lancashire
|constituency_westminster= Morecambe and Lunesdale
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Lancaster
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the City of Lancaster district
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Tewit |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tewit |website=Collins English Dictionary |access-date=18 February 2024}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Miles |first1=Paul |title=After five years on a narrowboat, I’ve finally reached the end of the canal network |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/feb/17/after-five-years-on-a-narrowboat-ive-finally-reached-the-end-of-the-canal-network-lancaster-canal |access-date=18 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=17 February 2024}} 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".{{cite web |title=Silver Propeller Challenge |url=https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/using-the-waterways/silver-propeller-challenge |website=The Inland Waterways Association |access-date=18 February 2024}}
{{cite web |title=Tewitfield Marina, Lancaster Canal |url=https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/using-the-waterways/activities/tewitfield-marina |website=The Inland Waterways Association |access-date=18 February 2024}}
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.{{cite web |title=Restoring the Lancaster Canal from Tewitfield to Kendal |url=https://lctrust.co.uk/ |website=Lancaster Canal Trust |access-date=18 February 2024}} The locks are grade II listed.{{NHLE | num=1166295 | desc=Lancaster Canal Tewitfield Locks | access-date=18 February 2024}}
Chapel
File:Tewitfield Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 2204595.jpg
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.{{cite web |title=Priest Hutton |url=https://www.mourholme.co.uk/?History:Priest_Hutton |website=www.mourholme.co.uk |publisher=Mourholme Local History Society |access-date=18 February 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Garnett |first1=Rachel |title=Canal volunteers secure new base for Tewitfield restoration |url=https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/15685856.canal-volunteers-secure-new-base-for-tewitfield-restoration/ |access-date=18 February 2024 |work=The Westmorland Gazette |date=27 November 2017 |language=en}}
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Category:Hamlets in Lancashire
Category:Geography of the City of Lancaster
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