Colton
Colton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 765, decreasing at the 2011 census to 672.Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church, Colton and Stott Park Bobbin Mill.
Holy Trinity Church, Colton
Church
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Holy Trinity Church is located to the east of the village of Colton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Museum
Photo: Keith Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a 19th-century bobbin mill and now a working museum located near Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England. Built in 1835, the mill was one of over 65 buildings in the Lake District which provided wooden bobbins to the weaving and spinning industry, primarily in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Stott Park Bobbin Mill is situated 2½ miles east of Colton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Satterthwaite and Bouth.
Satterthwaite
Village
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Satterthwaite is a small village with around 50 dwellings situated in Grizedale, a valley in the Lake District, England, about four miles south of Hawkshead. Satterthwaite is situated 2½ miles north of Colton.
Bouth
Village
Photo: Ian Barker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bouth is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically, it was part of the county of Lancashire. It is within the Lake District National Park.
Backbarrow
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backbarrow is a village in the Lake District National Park in England. It lies on the River Leven about 5 miles northeast of Ulverston in Furness in the county of Cumbria. Backbarrow is situated 2½ miles southeast of Colton.
Colton
- Type: Locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2871° or 54° 17′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.024° or 3° 1′ 26″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C6R7XPG+R9GeoNames ID
7298099
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