Kelsick is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dundraw in Cumbria, United Kingdom.
Etymology
The name Kelsick is believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "a spring" or "a well".
History
On 7 July 1942, a
Miles Master aircraft from
RAF Annan crashed near Kelsick, with the loss of one life. A second occupant of the aircraft was able to successfully bail out before the crash. A rescue party from nearby
RAF Kirkbride was assembled, but boggy ground, excess water, and fading light led to the attempt being called off.
An engine from the aircraft was recovered in 1976.
In 1990, a pond at Kelsick was restored by local conservationists.
Amenities
The area is administered as part of the Cumberland unitary authority. The local council provides refuse collection, street lighting, and other services to residents of Kelsick.
Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire provides a bus service, the number 400, which runs near to Kelsick along the B5302 road. The bus runs approximately every two hours from Monday to Saturday between Silloth and Carlisle.
The nearest railway station is at Wigton, approximately to the southeast. The nearest primary school, Holme Cultram Abbey school, is located in Abbeytown,
and the nearest secondary school, The Nelson Thomlinson School, is in Wigton.
Climate
Kelsick, like the rest of the
Solway Plain, has an
oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification
Oceanic climate), with mild summers and winters which generally avoid extremes of temperature. At nearby Abbeytown, average daytime high temperatures were in summer and in winter, with average overnight lows of in the summer months and in the winter. Rainfall is fairly consistent throughout the year, with approximately 15 days a month where measurable rainfall occurs.
