Arnside
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| Population | 2255 (1997)[1] |
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| Parish | Arnside |
| District | South Lakeland |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Carnforth |
| Postcode district | LA5 |
| Dial code | 01524 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | Westmorland and Lonsdale |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cumbria | |
Arnside, is a village in Cumbria, England.
The village faces the estuary of the River Kent on the north eastern corner of Morecambe Bay. It is within the Arnside/Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies within the borders of the historic county of Westmorland, near the border with Lancashire.
The village lies on the railway line to West Cumbria, which passes over the River Kent via the Arnside viaduct. Up to the 19th century, the village had been used as a local port, but the building of the viaduct caused the estuary to silt up.
The oldest building in the parish is Arnside Tower, a Pele tower built in the 14th/15th century as a defence against raids from Scots and the Border Reivers. The town is overlooked by Arnside Knott, a hill that rises out of the esturat
[edit] Transport
Arnside railway station, which serves the village, is located on the Furness Line giving connections to Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Grange-over-Sands, Carnforth and Lancaster.
The line opened was opened 1857 by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway, which was taken over by the Furness Railway 26 May 1862. The Furness Railway's Hincaster Branch ran from 26 June 1876, connecting to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Hincaster, which is now part of the West Coast Main Line (WCML). Passenger services ended on the branch on 4 May 1942 and the lines were removed in 1966.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Arnside Photos Photos of Arnside
- Arnside Parish Council
- On an 1862 "6 inch" map. This is from the Ordnance Survey of Westmorland. (The view on the 1848-1850 map of Lancashire and Furness is misleading - it was outside the surveyors' area and they have left it as an outline only.)
- Panoramic Photo from Arnside promenade
- http://www.railscot.co.uk/Hincaster_Branch/frame.htm
| North: Lake District National Park | Kendal | |
| West: Grange-over-Sands | Arnside | East: Storth |
| South: Silverdale, Morecambe Bay |
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