Westwick is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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in North Yorkshire, England. It lies west of Boroughbridge, on the south bank of the River Ure. It is a small parish of only , and consists of a few scattered houses. In 2012 the population of the parish was estimated at 10. As the population was less than 100 at the 2011 Census details are included by ONS in the civil parish of

Skelton-on-Ure Skelton-on-Ure or Skelton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of Boroughbridge, near the A1(M) motorway, A1(M) motorway. There is one village pub called ...

. Westwick Lock Westwick was historically a

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in the ancient parish of

Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...

in the

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. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.Vision of Britain website
/ref> Westwick Lock, one of two locks on the navigable section of the River Ure, is in the parish.

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{{Reflist Civil parishes in North Yorkshire