Holme East Waver
Holme East Waver is a civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The largest village in the parish is Newton Arlosh. It lies west of Carlisle. The name references the River Waver, and the rivers Waver and Wampool enter the Solway Firth at the western end of the parish. Part of the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is within the parish. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 340.
Geography
Much of the northern and western parts of the parish are marshland, dominated by the channels of the Waver and Wampool. The west of the parish includes areas that are covered by the Solway Firth at high tide. As such, the inhabited areas of the parish are all to the east. Newton Arlosh is the main village in the parish; other hamlets include Angerton, Moss Side, Raby and Salt Coates.The B5307 road runs through the parish, between Abbeytown to the south and Carlisle to the east. Wigton, which serves as post town for the parish, lies to the south-east. The parish is bordered to the north by the civil parish of Bowness-on-Solway, to the east by the civil parishes of Kirkbride, Woodside, and Waverton, and to the south by the civil parishes of Dundraw and Holme Abbey, and an area known as Skinburness Marsh, which is common to the parishes of Holme St Cuthbert, Holme Low, and Holme Abbey. The parish also has a border with the parish of Silloth-on-Solway to the west across the tidal flats at the mouth of the Waver.