Carnforth
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.
- Town with about 5,520 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 feet (20 metres)
- …is also known as “Carnforth, Lancashire”
- Description: town near Lancaster in the north of Lancashire, England
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnforth railway station and Christ Church.
Carnforth railway station
Carnforth is a railway station on the Bentham and…
St Oswald’s Church
St Oswald's Church is in the village of Warton, Lancashire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolton-le-Sands and Borwick.
Bolton-le-Sands
Bolton-le-Sands is a large village and civil parish of the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England.
Carnforth
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Latitude
54.1282° or 54° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
-2.7701° or 2° 46′ 12″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB CNF
Open location code
9C6V46HH+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Carnforth” goes by many names.
CarnforthAsturian
CarnforthBasque
কানফোর্থBengali
CarnforthCebuano
卡恩佛夫Chinese
康福斯Chinese
CarnforthDutch
કાર્નફોર્થGujarati
CarnforthIrish
CarnforthItalian
カーンフォースJapanese
ಕಾರ್ನ್ಫೋರ್ತ್Kannada
칸포스Korean
CarnforthLadin
KarnfortasLithuanian
CarnforthNorwegian Nynorsk
کارنفورثPersian
CarnforthPolish
CarnforthSwedish
கார்ன்போர்த்Tamil
కార్న్ఫోర్త్Telugu
CarnforthTurkish
کارن فورتھUrdu
CarnforthVolapük
CarnforthWelsh
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Carnforth”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Millhead and Warton.
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