Flimby

Flimby

Flimby Rugby Club
Flimby
 Flimby shown within Cumbria
Population 1,707 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceNY0233
Civil parishMaryport
DistrictAllerdale
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town MARYPORT
Postcode district CA15
Dialling code 01900
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentWorkington
List of places
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England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°41′10″N 3°30′47″W / 54.686°N 3.513°W / 54.686; -3.513

Flimby is a village in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the civil parish of Maryport.

Amenities

Flimby railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line has served the village since 1846. Trains stop only by request. The village is also served by regular buses between Maryport, Workington and beyond.

The Anglican church of St Nicholas is in the Diocese of Carlisle. It holds services on the second and fourth Sundays of the month.[2] Flimby Methodist Church lies in West Lane.[3]

The village has a primary school with about 150 pupils.[4][5] There is one convenience store. There is an 18th-century pub, the Flimby Arms, selling real ale, is located in the village. There is also a Working Men's Social Club.[6]

Flimby has an amateur rugby league club, the Vikings, which plays in the Iggesund Cumberland League.[7]

The shoe manufacturer New Balance has a factory in Flimby on the Risehow Industrial Estate. Flimby Wind Farm opened in June 2013.[8]

Heritage

The name of the village was recorded as Flinbi in 1056 and Flemyngeby in the 12th century, and seems to come from Old Norse Flæminga bý, meaning "the village of the Flemings".

Flimby has three Grade II historic buildings listed by English Heritage. Flimby Cottage in Main Road is an early 19th-century pebble dash lodge in Gothic Revival style. Flimby Hall is a three-storey country house completed in 1766. Flimby Lodge is a mansion dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, derelict at the time it was listed in 1977.[9]

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