Tewitfield is a hamlet in

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, England, near Borwick and

Carnforth Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay. The parish of Carnforth had a population of 5,560 in the 2011 census, an increase from the 5,350 reco ...

, and in the parish of

Priest Hutton Priest Hutton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is located north east of Carnforth, in the City of Lancaster, close to the boundary with Cumbria. In the 2001 census Priest Hutton had a population of 177, increasing to 1 ...

. The word "tewit" is a name for the bird better known as the

lapwing Lapwings (subfamily Vanellinae) are any of various ground-nesting birds (Family (biology), family Charadriidae) akin to plovers and dotterels. They range from in length, and are noted for their slow, irregular wingbeats in flight and a shrill, ...

Canal and locks

Tewitfield Locks is the current terminus of the

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, and the furthest north point on navigable inland waterways in England and Wales. The

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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". 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

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. 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. The locks are grade II listed.

Chapel

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.

References

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