River Lune
The River Lune is a river 53 miles in length in Cumbria and Lancashire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Cumbria and Lancashire, UK
- Also known as: “Lune River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plover Scar Lighthouse and Cockersand Abbey.
Plover Scar Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plover Scar Lighthouse, also known as the Abbey Lighthouse, is an active 19th century lighthouse sited at the entrance of the Lune estuary, near Cockersand Abbey in Lancashire, England.
Cockersand Abbey
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockersand Abbey is a former abbey and former civil parish near Cockerham in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. It is situated near the mouth of the River Cocker.
Sambo’s Grave
Memorial
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sambo's Grave is the burial site of a black cabin boy or slave on unconsecrated ground in a field near the small village of Sunderland Point, Lancashire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunderland and Glasson Dock.
Sunderland
Village
Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sunderland, commonly known as Sunderland Point, is a small village among the marshes, on a windswept peninsula between the mouth of the River Lune and Morecambe Bay, in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England.
Glasson Dock
Village
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glasson Dock, also known as Glasson, is a village in Lancashire, England, south of Lancaster at the mouth of the River Lune. In 2011, it had a population of around 600.
Overton
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Overton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, south west of Lancaster and south of Morecambe between Heysham and the estuary of the River Lune. Overton is situated 2 miles north of River Lune.
River Lune
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Overton, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“River Lune” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر اللون”
- Asturian: “Ríu Lune”
- Cebuano: “River Lune”
- Chinese: “呂訥河”
- Chinese: “盧恩河”
- Dutch: “Lune”
- Dutch: “River Lune”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اللون”
- French: “Lune”
- German: “River Lune (Irische See)”
- German: “River Lune”
- Hebrew: “נהר לון”
- Japanese: “ルーン川”
- Polish: “Lune”
- Serbian: “Лун”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lune”
- Spanish: “Rio Lune”
- Spanish: “Río Lune”
- Swedish: “River Lune”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cockerham Lighthouse and Cockerham Airfield.
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