Aldingham
Aldingham is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is situated on the east coast of the Furness peninsula, facing into Morecambe Bay, and is about 8 miles east of Barrow-in-Furness, and 6 miles south of Ulverston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,290 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Aldingham, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Cuthbert and Gleaston Castle.
Gleaston Castle
Castle
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Gleaston Castle is a medieval building in a valley about 1 kilometre north-east of the village of Gleaston. The village lies between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness in the Furness peninsula, Cumbria, England.
Birkrigg stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birkrigg stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle on Birkrigg Common, two miles south of Ulverston in the English county of Cumbria. It dates to between 1700 and 1400 BC. Birkrigg stone circle is situated 2 miles north of Aldingham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baycliff and Scales.
Baycliff
Village
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baycliff is a seaside village in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria in England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies 3 miles south of Ulverston, in the civil parish of Aldingham.
Scales
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scales is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The town of Ulverston is around 3.5 miles south of the village. The name Scales comes from the Old Norse skali, with an Old English plural *Scalas, meaning huts.
Newbiggin
Village
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newbiggin is a village on the A5087 road, in the civil parish of Aldingham, in Furness, in the unitary authority area of Westmorland and Furness, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Aldingham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Aldingham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.13003° or 54° 7′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.09936° or 3° 5′ 58″ westPopulation
1,290Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C6R4WJ2+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 29672587OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2657532Wikidata ID
Q3242503
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Aldingham” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Алдингхам”
- Cebuano: “Aldingham”
- Chinese: “Aldingham”
- Dutch: “Aldingham”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الدينغام”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اولدينجهام”
- French: “Aldingham”
- Irish: “Aldingham”
- Italian: “Aldingham”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Aldingham”
- Polish: “Aldingham”
- Swedish: “Aldingham (parish i Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “Aldingham”
- Turkish: “Aldingham”
- Welsh: “Aldingham”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Doe Wood Lodges and Aldingham Motte.
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