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Morecambe Bay

Morecambe Bay is an estuary in north-west England, just to the south of the Lake District National Park. It is the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in the , covering a total area of 120 sq mi.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St Barnabas’ Church, Morecambe and Globe Arena.

Church
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St Barnabas' Church is in Regent Road, , , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Stadium
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Mazuma Mobile Stadium is a football stadium in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, which is the home of Morecambe F.C. The stadium opened in 2010, replacing the old Morecambe F.C. stadium, Christie Park, which was Morecambe's home from 1921 to 2010.

Theater building
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The Winter Gardens is a Grade II* listed building in , , England. Designed by architects Mangnall and Littlewood, with Frank Matcham as a consulting architect, it was originally built as the Victoria Pavilion Theatre in 1897 and was an extension to the existing Winter Gardens complex, which has since been demolished.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poulton-le-Sands and Heysham.

Neighborhood
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is one of three small villages that combined to create , , England, the other two being and Bare. A local board of health was established in 1852, which, taking its name from Morecambe Bay, became the borough of Morecambe in 1902.

Town
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is a coastal village in the Lancaster district of , England, overlooking Morecambe Bay. It is a ferry port, with services to the and Ireland, and the site of two .

Suburb
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is a suburb of , , on the North West coast of England. In the 2001 census, the Ward had a population of 6,758 living in 3,118 households, decreasing marginally to 6,755 at the 2011 Census. is situated 2 miles east of Morecambe Bay.

Morecambe Bay

Latitude
54.06717° or 54° 4′ 2″ north
Longitude
-2.87954° or 2° 52′ 46″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9C6V348C+V5
Geo­Names ID
2642213
Wiki­data ID
Q1866414
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Satellite Map

Discover Morecambe Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Morecambe Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Chinese: “莫克姆灣”
  • Dutch: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Finnish: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Finnish: “Morecambenlahti”
  • French: “baie de Morecambe”
  • French: “Baie de Morecambe”
  • German: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Irish: “Bá Mhorecambe”
  • Irish: “Bá Morecambe”
  • Japanese: “モーカム湾”
  • Japanese: “モーレキャンベ湾”
  • Japanese: “モアカム湾”
  • Latin: “Moricamba Aestuarium”
  • Latvian: “Morkamas līcis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Polish: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Morecambe”
  • Russian: “Моркам (залив)”
  • Russian: “Моркам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morecambe”
  • Slovenian: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Spanish: “Bahia de Morecambe”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Morecambe”
  • Swedish: “Morecambe Bay”
  • Welsh: “Bae Morecambe”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as West End and Sandylands.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Morecambe railway station and Higher Heysham.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Morecambe Bay”. Photo: Eiffel, Public domain.