Lancaster
The city of Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire in Northwest England, named for the Roman camp on the River Lune. It has an old castle and numerous Victorian buildings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnforth railway station and Holy Trinity Church.
Carnforth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnforth is a railway station on the Bentham and Furness Lines, sited 6 miles north of Lancaster, England; it serves the market town of Carnforth, in Lancashire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church, is in the village of Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carnforth and Borwick.
Carnforth
Photo: Jay Son, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carnforth is a small market town in Lancashire in Northwest England. It's best known for its railway station, location for the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter, with the station clock ticking relentlessly to trammel the characters' lives.
Borwick
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, about 8 miles north of Lancaster, on the Lancaster Canal. Borwick is situated 3 miles northeast of Lancaster.
Priest Hutton
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priest Hutton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is located 5 kilometres north east of Carnforth, in the City of Lancaster, close to the boundary with Cumbria. Priest Hutton is situated 3½ miles northeast of Lancaster.
Lancaster
- Type: Locality with 144,000 residents
- Location: Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.1167° or 54° 7′ northLongitude
-2.7667° or 2° 46′ westPopulation
144,000Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9C6V468M+M8GeoNames ID
2644973
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