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Great Clifton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in the English county of Cumbria. In the 2001 census, it has a population of 1,101,〔(Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Allerdale'' ) Retrieved 2009-11-23〕 increasing slightly to 1,114 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 )〕 The Village contains three pubs (Market Cross, The Queens Head (formerly the Lions Club) and The Old Ginn House, the latter also being a hotel and a restaurant. The village is also home too a Post Office and a General Store. The village school, Derwent Vale Primary School, was built in 1995. The previous school was opposite the old pit and still stands now, only as a house. There are several wind farms nearby, one being the Winscales Moor Wind Farm whose Community Fund has contributed money to the local village hall. Workington Town Centre is 3 miles west of the Village and Cockermouth is 7 miles East of it. The local Rugby League team, the Great Clifton Lions, currently compete in the CARLA League. Clifton was the village footballer John Burridge lived in as a child: the village is mentioned in his autobiography ''Budgie''. ==Governance== Both Great and Little Clifton are in the electoral ward of Clifton. The total population for this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,594.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clifton ward population 2011 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Clifton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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